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. 2014 Dec 22;4(4):489–507. doi: 10.3390/jpm4040489

Table 1.

Characteristics at baseline and follow-up examinations, with comparison across the visits.

Trait Mean ± S.D. p Value
Visit 1 Visit 2 Visit 3 V1/V2 V1/V3 V2/V3
BMI 27.37 ± 5.89 27.11 ± 5.71 26.95 ± 5.75 3.1 × 10−6 2.5 × 10−8 0.12
Fat % 32.33 ± 9.5 31.97 ± 9.78 31.95 ± 9.79 0.02 0.04 0.57
Total body fat 27.21 ± 9.14 25.79 ± 8.63 25.42 ± 8.42 7.5 × 10−11 2.6 × 10−13 * 0.004
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 76.26 ± 10.46 73.90 ± 9.66 73.85 ± 10.5 4.7 × 10−8 * 1.5 × 10−9 * 0.81
Systolic BP (mmHg) 120.58 ± 15.74 116.72 ± 14.61 115.78 ± 14.06 3.0 × 10−9 * 1.5 × 10−14 * 0.22
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 196.65 ± 35.91 189.7 ± 36.7 188.44 ± 32.95 6.3 × 10−6 * 2.1 × 10−9 * 0.72
HDL-C (mg/dL) 64.16 ± 17.98 62.00 ± 17.76 62.29 ± 17.86 1.2 × 10−4 4.3 × 10−5 0.85
LDL-C (mg/dL) 111.93 ± 31.77 107.00 ± 31.44 105.42 ± 29.58 2.3 × 10−4 * 1.9 × 10−7 * 0.36
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 103.94 ± 64.88 104.42 ± 58.81 104.03 ± 59.63 0.85 0.82 0.17
Glucose (mg/dL) 89.70 ± 18.29 90.64 ± 16.96 90.75 ± 31.97 0.97 0.69 0.09
Insulin 8.03 ± 8.35 7.90 ± 6.15 9.03 ± 17.17 0.64 0.88 0.82
FRS (Diabetes) 1.85 ± 3.73 2.39 ± 5.44 1.89 ± 3.94 0.56 0.66 0.49
Microalbumin 0.59 ± 1.4 0.84 ± 2.18 0.75 ± 1.25 2.0 × 10−10 * 7.6 × 10−10 * 0.71
hs-CRP (mg/dL) 0.37 ± 0.39 0.39 ± 0.41 0.39 ± 0.43 0.34 0.16 0.67
AIX 21.46 ± 9.79 21.30 ± 9.74 20.55 ± 10.02 0.04 0.08 0.54
PWV (m/s) 7.29 ± 1.43 7.01 ± 1.34 7.08 ± 1.19 5.0 × 10−6 * 3.7 × 10−4 * 0.17
Total GSH (uM) 4.55 ± 1.60 4.22 ± 1.45 4.17 ± 1.17 1.2 × 10−4 * 0.012 * 0.43
Total Cys (uM) 182.68 ± 37.97 189.03 ± 39.42 190.32 ± 37.40 0.0015 * 0.002 * 0.038
25-hydroxyvitamin D (ng/mL) 31.62 ± 12.81 31.73 ± 11.69 33.84 ± 11.02 0.59 1.7 × 10−4 * 0.16 *
FRS (CVD) 6.07 ± 6.38 5.23 ± 4.65 5.21 ± 5.06 8.0 × 10−6 1.0 × 10−7 0.99
Day-time Sleep Score 6.77 ± 4.04 6.06 ± 3.8 5.84 ± 3.84 4.6 × 10−5 * 1.4 × 10−8 * 0.21
Social Support Score 27.91 ± 5.04 28.8 ± 4.73 29.17 ± 4.61 3.2 × 10−7 * 7.7 × 10−11 * 0.78
Depression Score 5.3 ± 5.45 3.51 ± 4.54 3.25 ± 4.3 3.4 × 10−11 * 8.5 × 10−11 * 0.05
General Health Score 53.04 ± 7.85 54.53 ± 7.34 54.65 ± 7.47 3.7 × 10−7 * 3.6 × 10−8 * 0.29
Mental Health Score 52.23 ± 7.64 53.97 ± 6.79 54.41 ± 7.73 7.2 × 10−7 * 5.0 × 10−7 * 0.23
Physical Function Score 53.15 ± 5.49 53.41 ± 5.6 53.97 ± 5.46 0.02 5.0 × 10−8 * 8.0 × 10−4 *
Anxiety Score 3.38 ± 0.50 2.35 ± 2.75 2.41 ± 3.21 3.1 × 10−7 * 1.0 × 10−4 0.44

Data for 382 participants who completed at least three visits are presented. p Values obtained from paired Wilcoxon test performed on Z-scores of log transformed values. * p Value <0.05 for unpaired Wilcoxon test.