Table 4.
Baseline Characteristics of Men and Women by Vital Status
| |
Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survivors (n = 394) | Decedents (n = 94) | p | Survivors (n = 457) | Decedents (n = 67) | P | |
| BMIa (kg/m2) | 26.8 ± 4.2 | 26.1 ± 4.3 | 0.118 | 28.5 ± 5.7 | 26.8 ± 5.2 | 0.018 |
| Normal weightb | 142 (36.0) | 38 (40.4) | 128 (28.0) | 28 (41.8) | ||
| Overweightb | 171 (43.4) | 37 (39.4) | 169 (37.0) | 22 (32.8) | ||
| Obeseb | 81 (20.6) | 19 (20.2) | p for trend 0.001 | 160 (35.0) | 17 (25.4) | p for trend 0.003 |
| Alzheimer diseaseb | 73 (18.5) | 10 (10.6) | 0.219 | 88 (19.3) | 9 (13.4) | 0.082 |
| ε2 carrierb | 57 (14.5) | 8 (8.5) | 0.127 | 49 (10.7) | 4 (6) | 0.228 |
| ε3 carrierb | 273 (70.6) | 71 (75.5) | 0.337 | 325 (71.1) | 54 (80.6) | 0.105 |
| ε4 carrierb | 59 (15) | 15 (16) | 0.811 | 83 (18.2%) | 9 (13.4) | 0.342 |
| TCa (mg/dL) | 159.5 ± 43.1 | 151.1 ± 47.0 | 0.095 | 177.16 ± 44.7 | 147.6 ± 47.7 | 0.000 |
| LDL-Ca (mg/dL) | 98.2 ± 35.9 | 85.8 ± 38.5 | 0.003 | 107.6 ± 35.4 | 92.8 ± 36.8 | 0.002 |
| HDL-Ca (mg/dL) | 37.7 ± 12.9 | 34.5 ± 15.4 | 0.004 | 42.6 ± 15.9 | 37.3 ± 14.7 | 0.016 |
| TGa (mg/dL) | 113.8 ± 60.2 | 118.4 ± 67.4 | 0.540 | 120.9 ± 64.8 | 128.4 ± 85.4 | 0.394 |
a
Data are mean ± standard deviation.
b
Data are N° (%).
BMI, Body mass index; TC, total cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglycerides.