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. 2014 Jul 6;2014:832421. doi: 10.1155/2014/832421

Table 4.

Comparison of some risk factors between genders among the participants.

Number Variable Male number (%)/Mean (SD) Female number (%) Total/(95% CI) P value
1 Tobacco use 162 (89) 20 (10.99) 182 (100) 0.001∗

2 BMI Mean 29.1 (5.3) Mean 29.3 (5.98) The mean BMI was 0.17 kg/m2 higher among females
0.2 (−0.8 to 0.49)
<0.6∗∗

3 Physical inactivity 219 (47.6) 241 (52.4) 460 (100) 0.001∗

4 Systolic blood pressure (sbp) 127.4 (17.1) 118.1 (17.1) The mean sbp was 9.2 mmHg higher among males
9.2 (7.2 to 11.2)
<0.001∗∗

5 Diastolic blood pressure (dbp) 80.9 (11.1) 74.3 (11.5) The results show the mean dbp was 6.6 mmHg higher among the males
6.6 (5.3 to 7.9)
<0.001∗∗

6 High density lipoprotein (hdl) 0.98 (0.41) 1.3 (0.4) The mean high density lipoprotein was 0.3 mmol/L higher among the females
0.32 (−0.3 to −0.23)
<0.001∗∗

*The Chi-square test was used.

**The unpaired t-test was used.