Table I.
Physical and biochemical comparison between the patients and the control group.
| Patients | Controls | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Means ± SD | Means ± SD | P-value |
| Age (years) | |||
| All | 54.28±12.32 | 50.77±12.26 | 0.09 |
| Females | 53.48±13.64 | 51.96±11.94 | |
| Males | 55.03±11.12 | 48.96±12.57 | |
| Height (cm) | |||
| All | 160.79±9.14 | 163.50±9.70 | 0.12 |
| Females | 155.79±8.05 | 158.07±9.07 | |
| Males | 165.47±7.55 | 168.93±6.83 | |
| Weight (kg) | |||
| All | 66.23±13.93 | 77.42±18.17 | 0.0001a |
| Females | 64.61±14.27 | 71.58±15.86 | |
| Males | 66.75±13.66 | 83.25±18.08 | |
| Waist (cm) | |||
| All | 66.98±24.75 | 80.17±31.31 | 0.01b |
| Females | 61.02±28.05 | 84.63±30.78 | |
| Males | 72.55±20.11 | 75.69±31.70 | |
| Hip (cm) | |||
| All | 66.04±30.18 | 88.56±35.66 | 0.0001a |
| Females | 66.81±32.11 | 93.80±34.66 | |
| Males | 65.32±28.77 | 83.32±36.44 | |
| WHR | |||
| All | 1.09±0.43 | 0.98±0.47 | 0.15 |
| Females | 0.95±0.32 | 1.01±0.65 | |
| Males | 1.23±0.47 | 0.95±0.19 | |
| BMI | |||
| All | 25.73±5.64 | 28.96±6.35 | 0.004a |
| Females | 26.77±6.36 | 28.82±6.70 | |
| Males | 24.75±4.77 | 29.10±6.08 | |
| Adiponectin (ng/ml) | |||
| All | 5.05±3.49 | 7.59±4.87 | 0.001a |
| Females | 4.47±3.45 | 8.89±5.64 | |
| Males | 5.59±3.50 | 6.38±3.69 |
a
Highly significant,
b
significant. BMI, body mass index;
WHR, waist-hip ratio. Data are expressed as the means ± SD. P-values were obtained by the Student’s t-test. SD, standard deviation.