Table 3.

Results of the comparison analysis between demographic characteristics within the clusters.

ID	Age, years	Height, cm	Weight, kg	BMI, kg/m2	Sex, M:F ratio
1	46.46 ± 15.25 (0.537)	161.63 ± 10.85 (<0.001)	78.00 ± 23.23 (<0.001)	30.41± 10.37 (0.165)	0.39 (<0.001)
2	45.88 ± 14.18 (0.814)	177.45 ± 9.59 (<0.001)	101.83 ± 20.36 (<0.001)	32.61 ± 7.42 (<0.001)	0.83 (<0.001)
3	45.79 ± 14.79 (0.717)	171.51 ± 11.78 (0.131)	86.80 ± 21.75 (0.009)	29.75 ± 7.96 (0.001)	0.70 (0.028)

Figures are mean ± standard deviation (and p-values*).

*Student’s T-test: each cluster vs. rest of clusters.

BMI, Body mass index; ID, Cluster ID; M:F ratio, Male to female ratio. p-values in bold are those considered statistically significant (p< 0.05).