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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2008 Oct;156(4):759.e1–759.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.07.009

Table 1.

Subject Characteristics (n = 260)

Variables Values
Age, years 54.4 ± 2.85
Smoker, current/former/never 43 / 111 / 106
Hypertension, yes/no 114 / 146
Diabetes, yes/no 21 / 239
Physical Activity 7.51 ± 1.58
BMI, kg/m2 29.1 ± 4.61
SBP, mmHg 128.4 ± 16.03
DBP, mmHg 80.6 ± 10.64
TC, mg/dl 189.1 ± 37.96
HDL-C, mg/dl 38.6 ± 9.49
LDL-C, mg/dl 125.2 ± 33.72
Glucose, mg/dl 100.0 ± 16.26
Norepinephrine, ug/24H 23.6 ± 16.9
BDI scores 4.88 ± 6.72
IL-6, pg/ml 2.29 ± 2.04
CRP, mg/l 2.32 ± 3.12
HR, beat/min 66.4 ± 8.75
Ln ULF 9.14 ± 0.56
Ln VLF 7.63 ± 0.57
Ln LF 6.69 ± 0.72
Ln HF 5.41 ± 0.88

Mean ± SD for continuous variables and count number for categorical variables. SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; GLU, glucose; BDI, Beck depression inventory; IL-6, interleukin-6; CRP, C-reactive protein; HR, heart rate; ULF, ultra low frequency; VLF, very low frequency; LF, low frequency; HF, high frequency.