[Table/Fig-3]:

Demographic characteristics of police constables grouped as stressed and non stressed with PSS Score 28 as the cut off value

Variables	Stressed	Non stressed	p-value
	(n=41)	(n= 67)
Age (Years)	41.44 ± 10.34	42.61 ± 10.43	0.570
W/H Ratio	0.98 ± 0.08	0.97 ± 0.08	0.981
Systolic Blood pressure (mm Hg)	122.10 ± 11.92	123.64 ± 12.47	0.526
Diastolic Blood pressure (mm Hg)	77.71 ± 14.55	79.19 ± 13.12	0.584
Blood Glucose (Fasting) (mg /dl)	125.12 ± 45.98	105.94 ± 28.52	< 0.001
HbA1c (%)	6.02 ± 1.17	5.48 ± 0.60	< 0.001
Triglyceride (mg /dl)	163.73 ± 138.90	141.06 ± 61.30	0.246
Total cholesterol (mg /dl)	209.66 ± 67.03	193.16 ± 52.94	0.159
HDL cholesterol (mg /dl)	36.54 ± 8.04	36.18 ± 5.21	0.779
LDL cholesterol (mg /dl)	140.38 ± 57.69	128.77 ± 52.13	0.283
VLDL cholesterol (mg /dl)	32.75 ± 27.78	28.21 ± 12.25	0.246
Cortisol (μg/dl)	40.86 ± 11.01	14.09 ± 7.67	< 0.001
Perceived stress scale	35.78 ± 6.00	22.42 ± 5.13	< 0.001