Table 1.
Baseline (N = 1282) | Follow-up (N = 546) | |
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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).