Table 1.
General characteristics of the study population
| Total (n 858) |
Women (n 563) |
Men (n 295) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P value* |
| Age (years) | 49·4 | 16·1 | 49·0 | 15·9 | 50·1 | 16·6 | >0·1 |
| ≥12 years of education (%) | 71·7 | 73·0 | 69·2 | >0·1 | |||
| Annual family income <$US20000 (%) | 67·2 | 70·2 | 61·3 | 0.03 | |||
| Current smoking (%) | 19·9 | 17·8 | 24·1 | 0.02 | |||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 29·7 | 6·6 | 29·9 | 7·0 | 29·2 | 6·0 | >0.1 |
| WC (cm) | 93·0 | 14·7 | 90·4 | 14·3 | 97·8 | 14·3 | <0·1 |
| WHR | 0·9 | 0·1 | 0·8 | 0·1 | 0·9 | 0·8 | >0.001 |
| WHtR | 0·6 | 0·1 | 0·6 | 0·9 | 0·6 | 0·8 | <0.1 |
| HDL-C (mg/dl) | 49·3 | 13·0 | 51·3 | 12·2 | 45·6 | 13·6 | <0·001 |
| TC:HDL-C | 4·1 | 1·3 | 3·9 | 1·0 | 4·4 | 1·8 | <0·001 |
| LDL-C (mg/dl)† | 117·5 | 39·1 | 116·4 | 35·4 | 119·7 | 45·3 | >0·1 |
| TAG (mg/dl)† | 141·7 | 106·5 | 128·6 | 88·9 | 167·0 | 136·6 | <0.001 |
| SBP (mmHg)† | 120·1 | 21·1 | 166·8 | 20·5 | 126·3 | 20·8 | <0·001 |
| DBP (mmHg)† | 73·0 | 11·1 | 71·0 | 10·6 | 76·6 | 11·1 | <0.001 |
| Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl)‡ | 113·4 | 48·3 | 111·6 | 50·3 | 116·9 | 44·1 | >0·1 |
| Glycosylated Hb (%)§ | 6·3 | 1·5 | 6·3 | 1·6 | 6·4 | 1·5 | >0·1 |
| Fibrinogen (mg/dl)∥ | 321·5 | 77·8 | 328·7 | 73·9 | 307·9 | 83·2 | <0·001 |
| hs-CRP (mg/l)¶ | 0·6 | 0·9 | 0·6 | 0·8 | 0·4 | 0·8 | 0·08 |
| PAI-1 (IU/ml)†† | 18·9 | 2·9 | 15·2 | 2·61 | 25·8 | 6·6 | 0·08 |
WC, waist circumference; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio; HDL-C, HDL cholesterol; TC, total cholesterol; LDL-C, LDL cholesterol; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; hs-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; PAI-1, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1.
*
Student’s t test or the χ2 test.
†
Missing two participants.
‡
Missing one participant.
§
Missing three participants.
∥
Missing eleven participants.
¶
Missing seventeen participants.
††
Missing forty-nine participants.