[Table/Fig-1]:
Descriptive characteristic of cases and controls.
| Cases (n=156) |
Controls (n=156) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex M/F | 118/38 | 118/38 | 1.0 |
| Age at enrolment (months) mean±SD‡ | 45.5±12.6 | 45.4±12.5 | 0.9 |
| Body mass index, mean±SD‡ | 24±4.8 | 25.2±2.2 | 0.1 |
| Alcohol intake, n (%) | 70 (44.9) | 57(36.5) | 0.2 |
| Smoking, n (%) | 65 (41.7) | 53 (34) | 0.2 |
| Metabolic syndrome, n (%) | 45 (28.8) | 26(16.7) | 0.01† |
| Triglyceridemia >150 mg/dl, n (%) | 53 (34) | 32 (20.5) | 0.008† |
| HDL* cholesterol, <40 mg/dl (M), <50 mg/dl (F), n (%) | 43 (27.6) | 21 (13.5) | 0.002† |
| Blood pressure ≥130/85 mmHg, n (%) | 37 (23) | 26 (16.7) | 0.1 |
| Waist circumference ≥90 cm (M), ≥80 cm (F) | 73 (46.8) | 71 (45.5) | 0.5 |
| Fasting plasma glucose ≥100 mg/dl | 38 (24.4) | 39 (25) | 0.9 |
*HDL-high density lipoprotein
†Statistically significant (p-value <0.05)
‡p-value was calculated using student’s unpaired t- test.
For all parameters except age and body mass index, p-value was calculated using Pearson’s Chi-square test.