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. 2017 Feb 15;16:8. doi: 10.1186/s12940-017-0221-9

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the participants

Characteristic Total Male Female p-Value
No. of participants (%) 548 (100) 142 (25.9) 406 (74.1)
Visit number [mean ± SE] 3.3 ± 0.1 3.2 ± 0.1 3.4 ± 0.1 0.0847
Mean age (min-max), year 70.8 (60–87) 71.4 (62–84) 70.5 (60–87) 0.0653
Height [mean ± SE (cm)] 154.7 ± 0.3 164.3 ± 0.4 151.3 ± 0.3 <.0001
Weight [mean ± SE (Kg)] 59.4 ± 0.4 65.8 ± 0.8 57.1 ± 0.4 <.0001
BMI (kg/m2), no. (%)
  ≥ 25 242 (44.2) 56 (39.4) 186 (45.8) 0.1485
 23 ~ <25 169 (30.8) 42 (29.6) 127 (31.3)
  < 23 137 (25.0) 44 (31.0) 93 (22.9)
No. of current smokers (%) 30 (5.5) 29 (20.4) 1 (0.2) <.0001
No. of drinker (%) 121 (22.1) 78 (54.9) 43 (10.6) <.0001
Exercise, no. of yes (%) 337 (61.5) 88 (62.0) 249 (61.3) 0.9260