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. 2012 Feb 12;2012:740854. doi: 10.1155/2012/740854

Table 2.

Baseline cardiometabolic risk factors according to anthropometric status (n = 366).

Risk factors (%) All Abdominal obesity Overall overweight/obesity
Yes No P value Yes No P valuea
Women (n = 188) (n = 91) (n = 97) (n = 100) (n = 88)
High blood pressure 36.7 46.2 27.8 <0.001 44.0 28.4 0.026
High fasting glycemia 10.0 13.2 7.2 0.132 9.1 11.8 0.426
Insulin resistance 33.0 42.9 23.7 0.005 41.0 21.6 0.004
Low HDL-C 31.4 37.4 28.5 0.060 41.0 20.5 0.002
High TC/HDL-C 19.1 25.3 13.4 0.030 29.0 8.0 <0.001
High TG 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.732 1.0 1.1 0.718
No CMR factorb 28.2 16.6 39.2 <0.001 19 38.6 <0.001

Men (n = 178) (n = 32) (n = 146) (n = 44) (n = 134)
High blood pressure 35.1 65.6 28.8 <0.001 52.3 29.9 0.006
High fasting glycemia 7.9 12.5 6.8 0.228 6.7 11.4 0.243
Insulin resistance 19.1 34.4 15.8 0.015 36.4 13.4 <0.001
Low HDL-C 21.1 37.5 18.5 0.020 38.6 16.4 0.003
High TC/HDL-C 10.1 34.4 4.8 <0.001 29.5 3.7 <0.001
High TG 2.8 6.2 2.1 0.220 6.8 1.5 0.098
No CMR factorb 37.1 6.2 43.8 <0.001 13.6 44.8 <0.001

a P value for χ2  test.

bCardiometabolic risk factors (CMR) other than abdominal or overall overweight/obesity.