Table 1.
Characteristics of subjects in two populations
| Iran | India | |||||
| Case (n = 178) | Control (n = 185) | p-value | Case (n = 203) | Control (n = 151) | p-value | |
| Age(SD) | 58.2(7.1) | 55.7(6.0) | <0.05 | 58.9(8.1) | 56.4(7.5) | <0.05 |
| Age group (%) | ||||||
| <50 | 16(9.0) | 15(8.2) | 18(9.0) | 19(12.8) | ||
| 50–59 | 100(56.2) | 124(67.4) | NS | 103(51.2) | 87(58.8) | NS1 |
| 60–69 | 55(30.9) | 40(21.7) | 66(32.8) | 36(24.3) | ||
| >69 | 7(3.9) | 5(2.7) | 14(7.0) | 6(4.1) | ||
| Anthropometric characters (SD) | ||||||
| Weight (Kg) | 64.5(10.6) | 71.9(10.0) | <0.05 | 60.5(12.8) | 71.1(11.1) | <0.05 |
| Height (Cm) | 155.8(6.6) | 157.1(5.6) | <0.05 | 152.8(7.5) | 157.5(6.4) | <0.05 |
| BMI | 26.7(4.4) | 29.2(4.5) | <0.05 | 26.1(5.6) | 29.0(4.2) | <0.05 |
1 = Non significant