Table 2.
Characteristic of Mexican study participants.
| Variable | Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | CVD | p | Health | CVD | p | |
| Age, years | 58.6(11.3) | 61.5(10.4) | .219 | 60.5(10.1) | 63.8(8.4) | .217 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 30.0(4.9) | 28.5(6.5) | .242 | 30.8(4.6) | 31.0(6.7) | .900 |
| SBP, mm Hg | 127(21) | 124(16) | .394 | 136(22) | 135(20) | .888 |
| DBP, mm Hg | 78(11) | 75(9) | .137 | 77(8) | 73(9) | .137 |
| Smoking, % | 44 | 56 | .281 | 20 | 38 | .160 |
| Diabetes, % | 19 | 51 | .002* | 30 | 50 | .144 |
| MI, % | 0 | 35 | <.001* | 0 | 21 | .008* |
| Total cholesterol, mg/dL | 208.2(44.5) | 159.4(49.7) | <.001* | 209.1(50.0) | 178.7(51.2) | .037* |
| HDL, mg/dL | 42.0(8.1) | 34.0(10.8) | <.001* | 8.1(8.8) | 39.7(10.9) | .004* |
| LDL, mg/dL | 123.8(33.8) | 85.9(36.4) | <.001* | 116.4(33.6) | 104.5(40.1) | .263 |
| TG, mg/dL | 212.1(102.0) | 193.4(66.6) | .563 | 223.6(141.6) | 169.1(93.6) | .122 |
Mean (SD) values are shown.
*
Statistically significant difference at p<.05.