Table 2a.
Characteristics of male participants at baseline with respect to central obesity status
| Variable | Mean (SD)/Freq (%) |
Mean diff/OR | t-test (df)/Wald (df) | P valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waist hip ratio <median (n=998) | Waist hip ratio ≥median (n=1002) | ||||
| Sociodemographic variables | |||||
| Age | 72.46 (5.11) | 72.32 (4.90) | −0.14 | 0.64 (1998) | 0.5243 |
| Education primary or below | 578 (57.9%) | 629 (62.8%) | 1.23 | 4.92 (1) | 0.0266 |
| Lifestyle variables | |||||
| Current smoker | 122 (12.2%) | 116 (11.6%) | 0.94 | 0.20 (1) | 0.6548 |
| Current alcohol use | 236 (23.7%) | 235 (23.5%) | 0.99 | 0.01 (1) | 0.9185 |
| PASE score | 98.53 (50.52) | 96.04 (50.06) | −2.48 | 1.10 (1998) | 0.2701 |
| Weight adj. energy intake (kcal/d) | 2,102.10 (574.86) | 2,096.80 (594.98) | −5.26 | 0.20 (1996) | 0.8408 |
| Somatic comorbidities | |||||
| Diabetes | 100 (10.0%) | 193 (19.3%) | 2.14 | 33.11 (1) | <.0001 |
| MI/angina/CHF | 148 (14.8%) | 218 (21.8%) | 1.60 | 15.88 (1) | <.0001 |
| Cancer | 50 (5.0%) | 37 (3.7%) | 0.73 | 2.07 (1) | 0.1502 |
| No. of chronic diseases | 1.79 (1.48) | 2.14 (1.60) | 0.34 | −4.98 (1987) | <.0001 |
| No. of prescription medications | 0.92 (1.25) | 1.35 (1.45) | 0.43 | −7.09 (1957) | <.0001 |
| Depression variables | |||||
| Baseline GDS score | 2.90 (2.73) | 3.04 (2.84) | 0.13 | −1.06 (1997) | 0.2893 |
| Baseline GDS ≥8 | 83 (8.3%) | 86 (8.6%) | 1.04 | 0.05 (1) | 0.8253 |
| Cognitive variable | |||||
| Demented (MMSE<24) | 106 (10.6%) | 121 (12.1%) | 1.16 | 1.05 (1) | 0.3061 |
a
Based on chi square test for dichotomous and categorical variables and on independent t test for continuous variables.