Table 3.
Characteristics of men and women, aged 40 to 64 years from the D.E.S.I.R. Study not treated for dyslipidaemia, according to whether or not they have obesity-associated dyslipidaemia (triglycerides ≥ 2.3 mmol/l and/or HDL-cholesterol < 0.9/1.1 mmol/l (men/women)).
| Men
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Women
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P-values (ANOVA or logistic)
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| Triglycerides (mmol/l) HDL cholesterol (mmol/l) | <2.3 (&) ≥ 0.9 (n=1386) | ≥2.3 (&/or) < 0.9 (n=185) | <2.3 (&)≥1.1 (n=1582) | ≥2.3 (&/or)<1.1 (n=89) | Dyslipidaemia effect | Sex effect | Dyslipidaemia -sex interaction |
| Age (years) | 51.3 (7.2) | 49.8 (7.4) | 51.1 (7.3) | 52.5 (7.4) | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.004 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.5 (3.2) | 27.6 (3.2) | 24.2 (4.0) | 27.1 (4.7) | 0.0001 | 0.0001 | 1 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 90 (9) | 96 (9) | 78 (10) | 87 (12) | 0.0001 | 0.0001 | 1 |
| Hip circumference (cm) | 98 (6) | 100 (7) | 98 (9) | 101 (10) | 0.0001 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| Waist hip ratio | 0.92 (0.06) | 0.96 (0.05) | 0.79 (0.06) | 0.86 (0.07) | 0.0001 | 0.0001 | 1 |
| Hypertension: treatment or SBP/DBP ≥ 160/95 mmHg | 19% | 28% | 15% | 31% | 0.0001 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Heart rate (beats/min) | 66 (10) | 71 (11) | 68 (9) | 71 (11) | 0.0001 | 0.0003 | 0.007 |
| Treatment for diabetes | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 1.1% | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Alcohol ≥ 30/20 g/day (M/W) | 33% | 45% | 30% | 31% | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.1 |
| Smoker | 23% | 36% | 10% | 19% | 0.0001 | 0.0001 | 0.7 |
| Physical activity, none or light | 63% | 65% | 64% | 76% | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.09 |
| Personal history of cardiovascular disease | 1.4% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 2.2% | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Data are mean (SD) or %