Table 3.

Comparison of cardiometabolic risk factors by sex using modified NCEP and IDF criteria

		NCEP only (n = 47) (Male = 36, Female = 11)		Both (NCEP and IDF) (n = 571) (Male = 295, Female = 266)		Neither (NCEP or IDF) (n = 876) (Male = 517, female = 359)
		Mean ± s.d.	p	Mean ± s.d.	p	Mean ± s.d.	p
Age (years)	Male	49.1 ± 4.4	0.98	48.7 ± 6.6	0.17	47.6 ± 6.7	0.02
	Female	49.1 ± 5.5		48.0 ± 5.6		46.6 ± 5.9
BMI	Male	24.0 ± 2.3	0.20	28.5 ± 3.4	<0.001	25.4 ± 4.1	0.03
	Female	25.0 ± 2.0		30.8 ± 5.0		25.9 ± 4.4
Waist (cm)	Male	84.9 ± 3.5	<0.001	97.6 ± 7.9	<0.001	88.5 ± 10.9	<0.001
	Female	75.9 ± 2.6		93.3 ± 9.8		81.9 ± 10.1
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	Male	140.4 ± 14.6	0.19	139.9 ± 17.0	0.46	129.3 ± 16.7	<0.001
	Female	147.9 ± 21.3		138.8 ± 19.5		122.8 ± 16.3
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	Male	87.0 ± 8.4	0.35	86.6 ± 10.6	0.85	79.8 ± 10.4	<0.001
	Female	91.0 ± 12.9		86.8 ± 11.3		76.9 ± 10.6
Glucose (mmol/l)	Male	8.1 ± 4.9	0.34	6.6 ± 2.8	0.96	5.1 ± 1.0	0.01
	Female	9.6 ± 4.6		6.6 ± 2.9		4.9 ± 0.8
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	Male	6.1 ± 1.2	0.20	5.7 ± 1.1	0.15	5.6 ± 0.9	0.02
	Female	5.6 ± 0.8		5.6 ± 1.1		5.5 ± 1.2
Triglyceride (mmol/l)	Male	2.9 ± 1.4	0.07	2.3 ± 1.1	<0.001	1.4 ± 0.7	<0.001
	Female	2.1 ± 0.8		1.8 ± 1.2		0.9 ± 0.4
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)	Male	1.0 ± 0.1	<0.001	1.1 ± 0.2	<0.001	1.3 ± 0.2	<0.001
	Female	1.2 ± 0.2		1.2 ± 0.2		1.5 ± 0.3
LDL- cholesterol (mmol/l)	Male	3.9 ± 1.1	0.12	3.6 ± 1.0	0.51	3.8 ± 0.9	<0.001
	Female	3.2 ± 1.1		3.6 ± 0.9		3.5 ± 0. 8

CI: Confidence Interval; s.d: standard deviation

BMI: Body Mass Index, HDL: High Density Lipoprotein, LDL:Low Density Lipoprotein