Table 2.
Comparison of study group and participants in the AGES-Reykjavik Study
| Men AGES |
Study group | p-value | Women AGES |
Study group | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participants, n | 2102 | 53 | 2699 | 75 | ||
| Age, y (sd) | 76.5 (5.3) | 74.2 (6.0) | 0.011 | 76.1 (5.5) | 73.3 (5.5) | < 0.001 |
| Height, cm (sd) | 175.5 (6.2) | 176.5 (7.1) | 0.248 | 160.9 (5.7) | 162.5 (5.7) | 0.016 |
| Weight, kg (sd) | 82.6 (13.3) | 92.7 (17.4) | < 0.001 | 70.5 (13.3) | 74.8 (11.9) | 0.004 |
| Smokers, % | 12 | 5.7 | 0.170 | 12.9 | 9.3 | 0.383 |
| Physical activity, walk (sd)* | 3.7 (3.0) | 3.3 (4.0) | 0.003 | 3.3 (3.7) | 2.6 (2.6) | 0.001 |
| Abdominal circumference, cm (sd) | 102.1 (10.5) | 108.2 (12.7) | < 0.001 | 99.4 (12.9) | 93.9 (11.2) | < 0.001 |
| BMI, kg/m2 (sd) | 26.8 (3.8) | 29.7 (4.9) | < 0.001 | 27.2 (4.8) | 28.4 (4.6) | 0.035 |
| FFM, kg (sd) | 63.8 (7.6) | 56.7 (6.9) | < 0.001 | 45.8 (6.3) | 41.1 (4.6) | < 0.001 |
| FAT, kg (sd) | 18.5 (7.0) | 32.9 (11.0) | < 0.001 | 24.3 (7.4) | 31.7 (8.9) | < 0.001 |
| Percent body fat, % (sd) | 21.8 (5.5) | 34.5 (5.9) | < 0.001 | 34.0 (5.0) | 41.9 (6.6) | < 0.001 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mmHg (sd) | 142.8 (19.8) | 148.0 (19.6) | 0.005 | 141.9 (20.6) | 137.2 (16.8) | 0.060 |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg (sd) | 76.0 (9.4) | 77.6 (9.6) | 0.357 | 72.1 (9.5) | 74.1 (8.9) | 0.099 |
*Hours spent walking per week, average time over the whole year
BMI = Body mass index; FFM = Fat free mass; FAT = Fat mass