Table 4.

Cardiometabolic profiles by level of injury.

	Para-SCI (n = 35)	Tetra-SCI (n = 12)	Mean Difference	95% CI of the Difference	Percent Difference Between Groups
Systolic blood pressure (bmp)	117.43 ± 12.40	105.42 ± 16.50*	12.01	2.9, 21.12	10.78%
Diastolic blood pressure (bmp)	71.00 ± 10.11	64.83 ± 12.28	6.17	−1.03, 13.36	9.08%
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)	93.69 ± 11.04	115.25 ± 51.89*	−21.56	−40.02, −3.11	20.64%
Glucose effectiveness	0.023 ± 0.009	0.017 ± 0.008	0.01	0.00, 0.01	30.00%
Insulin sensitivity	7.92 ± 23.51	1.98 ± 1.14	5.94	−8.47, 20.35	120.00%
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	115.23 ± 55.88	124.17 ± 91.76	−8.94	−53.72, 35.84	7.47%
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	165.83 ± 31.69	140.58 ± 34.85*	25.24	3.36, 47.14	16.48%
Low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (mg/dL)	101.80 ± 29.14	81.67 ± 35.52	20.13	−0.63, 40.90	21.94%
High density lipoprotein-cholesterol (mg/dL)	36.60 ± 7.93	34.92 ± 9.80	1.68	−3.99, 7.4	4.70%
Total cholesterol/HDL ratio	4.73 ± 1.32	4.21 ± 1.67	0.53	−0.34, 1.39	11.63%

Note: CI, 95% confidence internal.

*Significantly different between paraplegia and tetraplegia (p < 0.05).