Table 2. Mean (SD) of cardiometabolic risk factors and liver enzymes in national and sub-national levels: the CASPIAN III Study .
| Variable | Regions | P for trend 1 | |||||||||
| Southeast | North-Northeast | West | Central | National | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||||||
| SBP (mm Hg) | |||||||||||
| Boys | 102.0 (14.35) | 103.2 (12.89) | 100.4 (14.12) | 101.6 (12.91) | 101.43(13.65) | 0.067 | |||||
| Girls | 108.7 (13.09 | 105.2 (13.67) | 104.4 (13.71) | 104.5 (14.62) | 104.98(13.96) | 0.03 | |||||
| DBP (mm Hg) | |||||||||||
| Boys | 67.89 (10.58) | 64.82 (10.54) | 63.69(10.70) | 65.22 (9.82) | 64.76(10.49) | 0.050 | |||||
| Girls | 71.45 (10.63) | 65.19 (11.38) | 67.71 (10.89) | 95.95 (11.02) | 66.97(11.11) | 0.002 | |||||
| TC (mg/dL) | |||||||||||
| Boys | 152.9 (30.98) | 145.3 (29.85) | 147.6 (29.27) | 158.2 (34.15) | 150.84(31.54) | <0.001 | |||||
| Girls | 146.5 (26.93) | 142.5 (30.94) | 143.0 (29.92) | 150.7 (34.84) | 145.74(31.69) | <0.001 | |||||
| HDL | |||||||||||
| Boys | 48.18 (12.79) | 49.34 (15.62) | 43.04 (12.67) | 47.13 (14.52) | 46.55(14.24) | <0.001 | |||||
| Girls | 46.61 (12.86) | 48.84 (17.45) | 42.77 (11.65) | 46.09 (13.68) | 45.86(14.30) | 0.001 | |||||
| LDL -C (mg/dL) | |||||||||||
| Boys | 85.37 (25.37) | 80.45 (27.64) | 88.27 (25.42) | 88.94 (28.77) | 85.88(27.18) | <0.001 | |||||
| Girls | 82.61 (22.07) | 79.44 (28.00) | 84.58 (26.73) | 82.26 (29.30) | 82.23 (27.34) | 0.123 | |||||
| TG (mg/dL) | |||||||||||
| Boys | 90.64 (42.29) | 91.55 (32.93) | 96.52 (42.58) | 93.67 (43.38) | 93.80(40.83) | 0.041 | |||||
| Girls | 86.67 (41.71) | 89.11 (36.48) | 93.58 (43.35) | 94.81 (50.39) | 92.18(44.29) | <0.001 | |||||
| FBS (mg/dL) | |||||||||||
| Boys | 87.43 (17.69) | 86.97 (17.56) | 84.81 (12.21) | 89.16 (13.14) | 86.97(14.71) | 0.051 | |||||
| Girls | 87.41 (11.56) | 87.05 (11.27) | 85.67 (12.58) | 92.36 (13.49) | 88.30(12.77) | <0.001 | |||||
| ALT (U/L) | |||||||||||
| Boys | 16.81 (12.13) | 18.64 (10.79) | 14.48 (9.82) | 20.01 (12.41) | 17.41(11.41) | 0.008 | |||||
| Girls | 17.49 (10.33) | 21.03 (10.89) | 16.03 (10.96) | 20.88 (12.65) | 18.97(11.63) | 0.023 | |||||
| AST (U/L) | |||||||||||
| Boys | 23.42 (7.97) | 22.01 (11.14) | 24.87 (13.05) | 26.87 (18.30) | 24.48(13.85) | 0.008 | |||||
| Girls | 26.88 (9.22) | 24.93 (10.59) | 26.71 (11.15) | 29.73 (18.53) | 27.15(13.49) | <0.001 | |||||
| LDL/HDL | |||||||||||
| Boys | 1.87 (0.71) | 1.83 (0.86) | 2.29 (1.03) | 1.96 (0.88) | 2.01 (0.93) | <0.001 | |||||
| Girls | 1.88 (0.72) | 1.82 (0.82) | 2.15 (0.94) | 1.99 (1.04) | 1.97 (0.92) | <0.001 | |||||
| ALT/AST | |||||||||||
| Boys | 0.75 (0.45) | 0.92 (0.38) | 0.62 (0.36) | 0.84 (0.47) | 0.78 (0.43) | 0.498 | |||||
| Girls | 0.69 (0.41) | 0.91 (0.41) | 0.62 (0.40) | 0.78(0.45) | 0.75 (0.44) | 0.193 | |||||
Abbreviations: SD: standard deviation of mean, CI: confidence interval, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, TC: total cholesterol, HDL: high-density lipoprotein, LDL: low-density lipoprotein, TG: triglyceride, FBS: fasting blood sugar, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, BMI: body mass index, WC: waist circumference.
1P-values are resulted from ANOVA test.