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. 2015 Apr 22;15:412. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1747-9

Table 1.

The baseline characteristics of 20 to 65 years old subjects (n = 4 905)

Variables Total Men Women t value P value
N 4905 2222 2683 - -
Age (years) 41.5 ± 10.6 41.2 ± 11.0 41.7 ± 10.2 1.41 0.1582a
HDL (mmol/L) 22.6 ± 2.6 1.4 ± 0.3 1.6 ± 0.3 36.04 <0.0001a
SBP (mmHg) 108.2 ± 10.2 111.1 ± 9.0 105.7 ± 10.4 -19.44 <0.0001a
DBP (mmHg) 71.4 ± 7.2 73.5 ± 6.4 69.7 ± 7.4 -19.10 <0.0001a
TG (mmol/L) 4.9 ± 0.4 1.0 ± 0.3 0.8 ± 0.3 -20.62 <0.0001a
FPG (mmol/L) 0.9 ± 0.3 4.9 ± 0.4 4.9 ± 0.4 -2.57 0.0103a
BMI (kg/m2) 1.5 ± 0.3 23.5 ± 2.5 21.8 ± 2.5 -22.95 <0.0001a
Elevated HDL (%) 281(5.73) 172(7.74) 109 (4.06) 30.4467 <0.0001b
Elevated BP (%) 42(0.86) 24(1.08) 18(0.67) 2.3975 0.1215b
Elevated TG (%) 20(0.41) 13(0.59) 7(0.26) 3.1450 0.0762b
Elevated FPG (%) 19(0.39) 10(0.45) 9(0.34) 0.4137 0.5201b
Elevated BMI (%) 17(0.35) 11(0.50) 6(0.22) 2.5924 0.1074b

MetS metabolic syndrome, BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, FPG fasting plasma glucose, TG triglycerides.

aDetermined by two-sample t test.

bDetermined by χ 2 test.