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. 2013 Oct 8;13:44. doi: 10.1186/1472-6823-13-44

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants of the study

Characteristics
Median (25th, 75th percentile)
P value
  All subjects (n = 6,661) Men (n = 3,057) Women (n = 3,604)  
Age (years)
54 (48, 61)
54 (48, 61)
54 (48, 60)
0.6403
BMI (kg/m2)
24.0 (21.9, 26.3)
24.2 (22.1, 26.3)
23.9 (21.8, 26.3)
0.0315
WC (cm)
82 (76, 89)
85 (79, 90)
80 (74, 87)
<0.0001
SBP (mmHg)
123 (113, 135)
125 (115, 137)
121 (111, 134)
<0.0001
DBP (mmHg)
79 (72, 85)
80 (73, 87)
79 (71, 83)
<0.0001
TC (mmol/l)
4.60 (4.00, 5.25)
4.45 (3.87, 5.03)
4.80 (4.14, 5.41)
<0.0001
TG (mmol/l)
1.35 (0.91, 2.01)
1.40 (0.92, 2.10)
1.31 (0.90, 1.95)
0.0003
HDL-C (mmol/l)
1.30(1.10, 1.55)
1.21 (1.03, 1.45)
1.37 (1.17, 1.60)
<0.0001
LDL-C (mmol/l)
2.67 (2.20, 3.09)
2.60 (2.18, 3.00)
2.71 (2.29, 3.17)
<0.0001
FPG (mmol/l)
5.0 (4.6, 5.4)
5.0 (4.6, 5.4)
5.0 (4.7, 5.4)
0.0486
2hPG (mmol/l)a
6.0 (5.0, 7.1)
5.9 (4.8, 7.1)
6.0 (5.1, 7.1)
<0.0001
HbA1c (mmol/mol &%) 37 (32, 40) & 5.5 (5.1, 5.8) 37 (32, 41) & 5.5 (5.1, 5.9) 37 (33, 40) & 5.5 (5.2, 5.8) 0.4235

aFor 6,422 participants who had an OGTT (2,919 men and 3,503 women). All P values were from Wilcoxon rank sum tests.