Table IV.

Anthropometric, biochemical parameters and hormones according to CVRS tertiles.

Parameter	CVRS Tertiles
CVRS range, points	First (n=37) 0–11	Second (n=39) 11–17	11–17 Third (n=24) 18–24	P
WC, cm	78.0±13.35	83.6±17.82	94.3±17.92††,‡	<0.01
UAC, cm	25.9±4.18	28.3±5.61	30.8±4.89††	<0.01
WHR	0.80±0.065	0.81±0.067	0.85±0.076††	<0.01
AST, U/L	24.6±4.96	25.4±5.54	31.5±11.61††,‡‡	<0.01
TG, mmol/L	0.831±0.308	1.160±0.733	1.600±0.804†††,‡	<0.001
TG/HDL-C	0.592±0.270	0.924±0.663	1.450±0.954†††,‡‡	<0.001
Fibrinogen, g/L	2.88±0.628	3.29±0.706†	3.46±0.553††	<0.01
Dyslipidemia no/yes, %	100/0	87.2/12.8	45.8/54.2	χ2 =30.1, P<0.001

CVRS – cardiovascular risk score; WC – waist circumference; UAC – upper arm circumference; WHR – waist to hip ratio; TG – triglycerides

P from ANOVA test, followed by post hoc Tukey test

†, ††, ††† – degree of statistical significance found between second or third tertile with first tertile

‡, ‡‡, ‡‡‡ – degree of statistical significance found between the third tertile with the second tertile

P<0.05, 0.01, 0.001