Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of risk factors in 50-year-old men and women born in 1963 and living in Gothenburg, Sweden, 2013
| All participants (n 521) | Men (n 257) | Women (n 264) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Mean or n | sd or % | Mean or n | sd or % | Mean or n | sd or % | P value |
| Height (cm) | 172·6 | 10·2 | 179·8 | 7·81 | 165·5 | 6·69 | <0001 |
| Weight (kg) | 78·1 | 16·1 | 86·9 | 13·1 | 69·6 | 14·1 | <0001 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 91·6 | 11·7 | 95·6 | 10·3 | 87·7 | 11·6 | <0001 |
| Hip circumference (cm) | 96·8 | 10·5 | 98·1 | 8·40 | 95·5 | 12·1 | 0·0046 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26·2 | 4·42 | 26·8 | 3·59 | 25·4 | 5·02 | 0·0002 |
| BMI≥25·0 kg/m2 | 288 | 55·3 | 179 | 69·7 | 109 | 41·3 | <0001 |
| BMI≥30·0 kg/m2 | 86 | 16·5 | 45 | 17·5 | 41 | 15·5 | 0·5429 |
| High waist circumference† | 173 | 33·2 | 60 | 23·4 | 113 | 42·8 | <0001 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 135 | 17·4 | 139·7 | 16·3 | 130·4 | 17·2 | <0001 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 85·4 | 11·0 | 88·1 | 10·8 | 82·9 | 10·5 | <0001 |
| Hypertension‡ | 133 | 25·5 | 90 | 35·0 | 43 | 16·3 | <0001 |
| Serum total cholesterol (mmol/l) | 5·45 | 1·00 | 5·44 | 0·95 | 5·46 | 1·00 | 0·8512 |
| Serum total cholesterol≥6·0 mmol/l | 150 | 28·9 | 77 | 30·1 | 73 | 27·7 | 0·5414 |
| Serum TAG (mmol/l) | 1·26 | 0·86 | 1·47 | 0·95 | 1·05 | 0·72 | <0001 |
| Serum TAG≥1·7 mmol/l | 104 | 20·0 | 72 | 28·2 | 32 | 12·1 | <0001 |
| HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) | 1·61 | 0·50 | 1·36 | 0·39 | 1·86 | 0·47 | <0001 |
| LDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) | 3·53 | 0·90 | 3·69 | 0·85 | 3·38 | 0·93 | <0001 |
| Smoker | 67 | 12·9 | 31 | 12·1 | 36 | 13·6 | 0·8204 |
| Sedentary lifestyle | 71 | 13·6 | 42 | 16·3 | 29 | 11·0 | 0·0757 |
| Permanent stress§ | 110 | 21·1 | 50 | 19·5 | 60 | 22·7 | 0·3612 |
| Living alone | 156 | 30·0 | 68 | 26·5 | 88 | 33·5 | 0·0818 |
| University/college education | 257 | 49·7 | 115 | 44·9 | 142 | 54·4 | 0·0311 |
| Working full- or part-time | 440 | 84·5 | 223 | 86·8 | 217 | 82·2 | 0·1503 |
| Foreign-born | 145 | 27·8 | 77 | 30·0 | 68 | 25·8 | 0·2854 |
Continuous variables are presented as mean and sd; categorical variables are presented as n and %. Differences between men and women were measured using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables and Pearson’s χ 2 test for categorical variables.
†
High waist circumference: ≥102 cm for men and ≥88 cm for women.
‡
Hypertension: systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg.
§
Permanent stress as reported by the participant during the last year or up to the last 5 years.