Table 1.

Some characteristics of the study population

Variable	Male		Female		Total		p-value on difference
	No.	Mean (sd)	No.	Mean (sd)	No. Mean (sd)
Age	228	34.33 (7.62)	214	28.94 (6.58)	442	31.72 (7.62)	< 0.001
BMI	219	26.03 (3.78)	210	26.10 (5.82)	429	26.06 (4.88)	0.88
Abd. girth	220	90.28 (9.44)	201	87.97 (12.87)	421	89.18 (11.26)	0.04
SBP	219	134.38 (17.11)	209	123.60 (18.71)	428	129.12 (18.62)	< 0.001
DBP	219	87.56 (12.19)	209	80.69 (13.03)	428	84.21 (13.06)	< 0.001

Sd= standard deviation Abd.girth= abdominal girth