Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study participants
| Variables | Academic staff | Students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | P-value | Total | Male | Female | P-value | |
| N | 302 | 216 | 86 | 231 | 138 | 93 | ||
| Age (years) | 40.5 ± 10.0 | 41.8 ± 10.0 | 37.3 ± 8.0 | 0.000 | 21.8 ± 2.0 | 22.2 ± 2.0 | 21.2 ± 2.0 | 0.000 |
| Weight (kg) | 68.4 ± 9.4 | 70.2 ± 8.5 | 63.7 ± 10.0 | 0.000 | 59.5 ± 11.9 | 64.4 ± 11.0 | 52.2 ± 9.2 | 0.000 |
| Height (cm) | 162.9 ± 8.2 | 166.6 ± 5.5 | 153.8 ± 6.3 | 0.000 | 162.3 ± 10.9 | 167.4 ± 6.4 | 154.7 ± 11.8 | 0.000 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.7 ± 3.12 | 25.26 ± 2.6 | 26.8 ± 3.8 | 0.000 | 22.6 ± 4.4 | 22.9 ± 3.5 | 22.1 ± 5.6 | 0.214 |
| WC (cm) | 86.6 ± 8.1 | 88.3 ± 6.7 | 84.4 ± 9.4 | 0.005 | 79.9 ± 8.6 | 80.8 ± 8.7 | 77.7 ± 8.1 | 0.047 |
| HC (cm) | 94.9 ± 7.8 | 94.0 ± 5.6 | 96.1 ± 9.9 | 0.117 | 92.3 ± 7.9 | 92.1 ± 7.8 | 92.6 ± 8.1 | 0.766 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 120.9 ± 13.4 | 123.3 ± 13.1 | 115.2 ± 12.4 | 0.000 | 120.4 ± 66.8 | 121.1 ± 11.9 | 119.2 ± 104.9 | 0.855 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 82.1 ± 10.2 | 83.9 ± 9.6 | 77.7 ± 10.4 | 0.000 | 74.0 ± 9.2 | 76.3 ± 8.5 | 70.5 ± 9.1 | 0.000 |
| Glucose (mg/dL) | 100.7 ± 41.4 | 99.2 ± 34.2 | 104.4 ± 54.0 | 0.292 | 78.1 ± 19.8 | 79.2 ± 21.6 | 75.6 ± 19.8 | 0.105 |
| TG (mg/dL) | 164.4 ± 81.2 | 159.4 ± 83.6 | 176.5 ± 74.0 | 0.119 | 146.6 ± 94.9 | 166.2 ± 102.3 | 114.1 ± 70.7 | 0.000 |
| TC (mg/dL) | 167.4 ± 50.2 | 169.6 ± 51.1 | 161.9 ± 47.7 | 0.204 | 161.3 ± 52.5 | 166.3 ± 54.2 | 152.8 ± 48.9 | 0.069 |
| LDL (mg/dL) | 101.3 ± 48.4 | 105.2 ± 48.4 | 91.6 ± 47.3 | 0.027 | 100.2 ± 46.3 | 104.7 ± 47.4 | 92.8 ± 43.7 | 0.072 |
| HDL (mg/dL) | 34.2 ± 10.8 | 34.0 ± 10.4 | 34.6 ± 12.0 | 0.685 | 35.9 ± 15.0 | 33.4 ± 13.42 | 40.1 ± 16.6 | 0.003 |
| Hypertensive (%) | 104 (34.7) | 84 (39.3) | 20 (23.3) | 0.008 | 18 (7.9) | 14 (10.3) | 4 (4.4) | 0.107 |
| Diabetic (%) | 43 (14.2) | 31 (14.4) | 12 (14.0) | 0.929 | 6 (2.6) | 3 (2.2) | 3 (3.2) | 0.662 |
| Physical activity (%) | ||||||||
| Inadequate | 62 (20.6) | 42 (19.3) | 20 (23.2) | 0.482 | 44 (18.8) | 18 (13.0) | 26 (27.6) | 0.126 |
| Medium/ Adequate | 240 (79.4) | 174 (80.7) | 66 (76.8) | 187 (81.2) | 120 (87.0) | 67 (72.4) | ||
| Smoking status (%) | ||||||||
| No | 268 (89.0) | 182 (84.7) | 86 (100) | 0.000 | 194 (83.8) | 106 (77.4) | 93 (100.0) | 0.000 |
| Yes | 34 (11.0) | 34 (15.3) | 0 (0) | 37 (16.2) | 37 (22.6) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Data are presented as mean ± SD or %. P-values are obtained from independent sample t-test for continuous variables and Chi-square test for categorical variables. TG: Triglyceride; TC: Total cholesterol; LDL: Low density lipoprotein; HDL: High density lipoprotein