Table 1.
Characteristics of the study sample.
| Socioeconomic status |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher (N = 207) |
Intermediate (N = 209) |
Lower (N = 121) |
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| Waist-hip ratio grouping | Small | Large | Small | Large | Small | Large |
| N | 107 | 100 | 109 | 100 | 52 | 69 |
| Age (years) | 62.70 (5.78) | 61.81 (5.26) | 62.57 (5.49) | 62.94 (5.56) | 63.31 (5.71) | 64.94 (6.11) |
| Sex (% men) | 55 (51.4%) | 59 (59.0%) | 65 (59.6%) | 58 (47.2%) | 23 (44.2%) | 28 (40.6%) |
| Marital status: unmarried (%) | 38 (35.5%) | 29 (29.3%) | 35 (32.1%) | 32 (32.0) | 22 (42.3%) | 35 (50.7%) |
| Education to University degree level (%) | 61 (57.5%) | 68 (68.7%) | 30 (28.0%) | 18 (18.8%) | 4 (8.5%) | 5 (8.2%) |
| Current smokers (%) | 4 (3.7%) | 6 (6.0%) | 2 (1.8%) | 10 (10.0%) | 5 (9.6%) | 3 (4.3%) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.97 (2.84) | 27.55 (4.36) | 24.72 (3.66) | 27.32 (3.65) | 23.94 (3.41) | 27.51 (3.46) |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 78.26 (9.35) | 95.29 (11.03) | 81.46 (10.93) | 94.70 (10.68) | 77.15 (9.41) | 91.50 (9.93) |
| Hip circumference (cm) | 95.6 (6.24) | 101.2 (9.41) | 97.7 (7.29) | 100.2 (7.86) | 95.1 (7.57) | 100.6 (8.25) |
Values are presented as Means (SD) and N (%).