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. 2023 Apr 5;33(5):757–765. doi: 10.1038/s41370-023-00545-x

Table 1.

Basic characteristics of the study participants in the POEM cohort.

N 493
Age, years, mean (SD) 50 (0.1)
Female sex (%) 50%
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg), mean (SD) 125.6 (16.4)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg), mean (SD) 77.0 (10.1)
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l), mean (SD) 1.3 (0.3)
Triglycerides (mmol/l), mean (SD) 1.2 (0.9)
BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) 26.4 (4.2)
Waist circumference (cm), mean (SD) 92.5 (11.4)
Fasting glucose (mmol/l), mean (SD) 4.9 (0.9)
Diabetes medication (%) 0.2%
Antihypertensive medication (%) 8.1%
Exercise habits, 4-grade scale, mean (SD) 2.8 (1.01)
Education, years, (%)

<10 years: 8%

10–12 years: 44%

>12 years: 48%

Smokers (%) 9.8%