Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study participants in women and men.

	Women n=2298	Men n=1529	p
Irisin. µg/mL	34.97 ± 14.52	32.31 ± 14.02	<0.001
Age. years	42.92 ± 12.89	42.80 ± 12.84	0.699
BMI. Kg/m2	27.33 ± 5.54	27.52 ± 4.31	0.110
Waist/height ratio	54.25 ± 13.15	55.48 ± 7.62	<0.001
Heart rate. b/m	74.85 ± 10.23	71.19 ± 10.96	<0.001
LDL cholesterol. mg/dL	125.65 ± 35.78	130.29 ± 36.92	<0.001
HDL-cholesterol. mg/dL	54.69 ± 13.14	46.43 ± 12.36	<0.001
Triglycerides. mg/dL	108.21 ± 79.92	140.90 ± 101.42	<0.001
Triglycerides/HDL ratio	2.24 ± 2.48	3.47 ± 3.34	<0.001
Blood glucose. mg/dL	93.89 ± 23.89	100.23 ± 27.32	<0.001
C-peptide. ng/mL	2.12 ± 1.17	2.21 ± 1.31	<0.001
HOMA-2	0.50 ± 0.36	0.56 ± 0.41	<0.001
SBP. mmHg	119.95 ± 19.40	127.11 ± 17.63	<0.001
DBP. mmHg	75.48 ± 11.21	80.74 ± 10.83	<0.001
Physical activity. h/wk	1.43 ± 1.60	1.29 ± 1.67	0.001
Tobacco. Years smoking	16.64 ± 9.72	21.83 ± 12.48	<0.001
Alcohol consumption. gr/day	2.33 ± 6.10	18.31 ± 31.14	<0.001

SBP, Systolic blood pressure; DBP, Diastolic blood pressure.