Table 1.
Study population | North-west | North-east | Centre | South | Islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
(n 12626) | (n 11587) | (n 24213) | (n 1585) | (n 1892) | (n 3477) | (n 1692) | (n 2101) | (n 3793) | (n 3032) | (n 3114) | (n 6146) | (n 4650) | (n 3438) | (n 8088) | (n 1667) | (n 1042) | (n 2709) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P | |
Age (years) | 59 | 16 | 55* | 17 | 57 | 16 | 58 | 15 | 57* | 16 | 58 | 15 | 60 | 16 | 59* | 14 | 59 | 15 | 60 | 18 | 57* | 15 | 59 | 16 | 57 | 17 | 54* | 15 | 56 | 16 | 59 | 16 | 53* | 18 | 56 | 17 | 0·001† |
Weight (kg) | 80 | 14 | 66* | 12 | 73 | 13 | 80 | 12 | 65* | 12 | 72 | 14 | 81 | 12 | 66* | 12 | 73 | 14 | 80 | 12 | 66* | 12 | 73 | 14 | 79 | 13 | 68* | 13 | 74 | 14 | 78 | 12 | 65* | 11 | 73 | 13 | 0·023‡ |
BMI (kg/m2) | 27·6 | 4·1 | 26·3* | 4·8 | 26·9 | 4·5 | 27·0 | 3·9 | 25·5* | 4·7 | 26·2 | 4·4 | 26·8 | 3·7 | 25·3* | 4·3 | 26·0 | 4·1 | 27·3 | 3·7 | 26·1* | 4·7 | 26·7 | 4·3 | 28·0 | 3·9 | 27·1* | 5·1 | 27·6 | 4·5 | 27·5 | 3·8 | 26·0* | 4·6 | 26·9 | 4·2 | 0·001‡ |
WC (cm) | 101 | 11 | 91* | 13 | 97 | 13 | 100 | 11 | 90* | 13 | 95 | 13 | 100 | 11 | 90 | 12 | 95 | 13 | 100 | 10 | 91* | 13 | 96 | 12 | 103 | 12 | 94* | 15 | 99 | 14 | 102 | 12 | 89* | 13 | 97 | 14 | 0·001‡ |
SBP (mmHg) | 136 | 18 | 132* | 19 | 134 | 19 | 139 | 18 | 135* | 20 | 137 | 19 | 139 | 19 | 134* | 19 | 136 | 19 | 137 | 18 | 132* | 19 | 135 | 19 | 136 | 18 | 131* | 20 | 134 | 19 | 131 | 16 | 126* | 17 | 129 | 16 | 0·001‡ |
DBP (mmHg) | 81 | 11 | 79* | 11 | 80 | 11 | 82 | 10 | 80* | 10 | 81 | 10 | 81 | 11 | 80* | 11 | 80 | 11 | 81 | 11 | 79* | 11 | 80 | 11 | 81 | 11 | 79* | 11 | 80 | 11 | 79 | 10 | 77* | 10 | 78 | 10 | 0·001‡ |
TC (mg/dl) | 182 | 33 | 190* | 35 | 186 | 34 | 184 | 29 | 192* | 32 | 188 | 31 | 181 | 34 | 190* | 35 | 186 | 35 | 182 | 36 | 191* | 37 | 187 | 36 | 183 | 32 | 189* | 34 | 185 | 33 | 180 | 31 | 190* | 39 | 184 | 34 | 0·042‡ |
TAG (mg/dl) | 152 | 78 | 158* | 84 | 155 | 81 | 142 | 78 | 166* | 85 | 150 | 82 | 158 | 86 | 164* | 90 | 161 | 88 | 153 | 78 | 161* | 86 | 157 | 83 | 151 | 75 | 149* | 79 | 150 | 77 | 146 | 70 | 149* | 75 | 148 | 72 | 0·001‡ |
FPG (mg/dl) | 88 | 39 | 80* | 32 | 84 | 36 | 89 | 35 | 82* | 27 | 86 | 31 | 84 | 29 | 78* | 26 | 81 | 27 | 89 | 33 | 83* | 31 | 86 | 32 | 79 | 33 | 84* | 39 | 82 | 37 | 78 | 31 | 86 | 43* | 83 | 39 | 0·037‡ |
WC, waist circumference; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; FPG, fasting plasma glucose.
Mean values were significantly different from those of men (survey regression model adjusted for each town unit): *P < 0·05.
†Significantly different among Italian macro-areas adjusted for gender; linear and logistic regression models.
‡Significantly different among Italian macro-areas adjusted for age and gender; linear and logistic regression models.