Table 1.
Characteristics of participants
| Entire population | Reference group | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | FLEMENGHO (n = 782) | EPOGH (n = 476) | FLEMENGHO (n = 338) | EPOGH (n = 185) |
| Anthropometrics | ||||
| Women, n (%) | 402 (51.4) | 265 (55.7) | 172 (50.9) | 110 (59.8) |
| Age, y | 51.1 ± 15.4 | 44.5 ± 15.1‡ | 42.5 ± 13.1 | 34.6 ± 11.7‡ |
| Height, cm | 168.7 ± 9.46 | 168.0 ± 9.0 | 170.4 ± 9.1 | 168.7 ± 8.76* |
| Weight, kg | 75.4 ± 14.4 | 76.3 ± 16.4 | 69.7 ± 11.4 | 66.1 ± 11.8‡ |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 26.5 ± 4.31 | 27.0 ± 5.21 | 24.0 ± 2.76 | 23.1 ± 3.2† |
| Waist circumference, cm | 89.9 ± 12.3 | 89.6 ± 14.1 | 82.5 ± 9.24 | 79.2 ± 9.9‡ |
| Systolic pressure, mm Hg | 129.5 ± 17.6 | 130.5 ± 19.9 | 118.3 ± 9.5 | 117.1 ± 11.5 |
| Diastolic pressure, mm Hg | 79.6 ± 9.46 | 81.3 ± 12.4* | 75.2 ± 7.32 | 74.1 ± 7.9 |
| Heart rate, beats/minute | 60.8 ± 9.63 | 67.0 ± 10.6‡ | 60.3 ± 8.8 | 66.3 ± 9.5‡ |
| Questionnaire data | ||||
| Current smoking, n (%) | 167 (21.4) | 102 (21.9) | 98 (29.0) | 40 (21.9) |
| Drinking alcohol, n (%) | 312 (39.9) | 144 (30.2)‡ | 157 (46.4) | 43 (23.2)‡ |
| Hypertensive, n (%) | 323 (41.3) | 211 (44.3) | ... | ... |
| Treated for hypertension, n (%) | 198 (25.32) | 127 (27.2) | ... | ... |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 29 (3.71) | 25 (5.25) | ... | ... |
Values are mean (± SD), or number of subjects (%). *P ≤ 0.05; †P ≤ 0.01; ‡P ≤ 0.001