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. 2018 Dec 4;7(12):1491–1500. doi: 10.1530/EC-18-0480

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population.

Baseline (N = 1282) Follow-up (N = 546)
Age (years) 47.3 ± 11.4 57.7 ± 11.6
BMI (kg/m2) 26.8 ± 3.5 27.4 ± 3.6
Waist–hip-ratio 0.94 ± 0.06 0.97 ± 0.06
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 124 ± 16 126 ± 13
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 72 ± 10 73 ± 9
Fasting insulin (µU/mL) 6.55 ± 4.8 7.24 ± 4.88
Fasting glucose (mmol/L) 5.5 ± 0.85 5.8 ± 0.9
HOMA-Ir 1.7 ± 1.53 1.9 ± 1.5
Serum testosterone (nmol/L) 14.3 ± 4.3 16.0 ± 5.7
Current smoker N (%) 181 (14.1) 52 (9.5)
Hypertension N (%) 177 (13.8) 79 (14.5)
Diabetes mellitus N (%) 56 (4.4) 34 (6.2)
Level of leisure time physical activity N (%)
 Sedentary 95 (7.4) 62 (11.4)
 Low level of physical activity 677 (52.8) 287 (52.6)
 Moderate level of physical activity 457 (35.6) 163 (29.9)
 Strenuous physical activity 53 (4.1) 34 (6.2)
Sex hormone-binding globuline (nmol/L) 32.3 ± 13.3 46.1 ± 19.6

Note that the method of measuring serum testosterone changed during the survey time, resulting in higher values at follow-up (described in detail in the ‘Methods’ section).