Table 1.
Sex-specific subject characteristics of Belfast Elderly Longitudinal Free-living Ageing STudy (BELFAST) participants. BP Blood pressure, BMI body mass index, SFT skin fold thickness, WHR waist to hip ratio, SD standard deviation, HDL high density lipoprotein
| Female | Male | P | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | ||
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | 346 | 137 | 20 | 149 | 136 | 21 | 0.57 |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 346 | 84 | 14 | 149 | 85 | 14 | 0.48 |
| Age (years) | 346 | 90.4 | 4.5 | 149 | 89.8 | 5.2 | 0.005 |
| Weight (kg) | 319 | 56.3 | 11.5 | 144 | 66.8 | 10.1 | <0.0001 |
| Height (cm) | 254 | 152.9 | 7.4 | 126 | 165.9 | 7.4 | <0.0001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 254 | 24.5 | 5.1 | 119 | 24.4 | 3.1 | 0.79 |
| SFT (mm) | 337 | 13.6 | 5.8 | 147 | 11.1 | 5.1 | <0.0001 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 155 | 84.6 | 11.2 | 75 | 94.6 | 14.4 | <0.0001 |
| Hip circumference (cm) | 157 | 99.1 | 11.2 | 75 | 99.2 | 11.2 | 0.99 |
| WHR | 155 | 0.85 | 0.10 | 75 | 0.95 | 0.09 | <0.0001 |
| Serum sodium (mmol/l) | 233 | 139.9 | 2.9 | 118 | 139.3 | 2.9 | 0.09 |
| Cholesterol(μmol/l) | 95 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 40 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.20 |
| HDL (μmol/l) | 93 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 39 | 1.0 | 0.3 | <0.0001 |
| Glucose (μmol/l) | 78 | 5.7 | 2.0 | 38 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 0.60 |
| Dietary sodium (mg) | 65 | 1,836 | 737 | 31 | 2,087 | 709 | 0.11 |
| Dietary sodium(mg/103Kcal) | 65 | 1,397 | 484 | 31 | 1,481 | 520 | 0.45 |