. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2019 Jul 22;27(9):1527–1532. doi: 10.1002/oby.22563

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the study population (mean ± SD), by sex

Characteristic (mean ± SD)	Men (37.5%)	Women (63.5%)	P
Age (year)^†	54. 6 ± 13.0	55.8 ± 12.7	0.001
WC (cm)^†	101.3 ± 15.1	100.4 ± 16.7	0.049
WHtR^†	0.57 ± 0.08	0.61 ± 0.10	<0.001
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)^†	129.4 ± 36.7	126.1 ± 26.1	0.005
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)^†	45.9 ± 12.4	55.2 ± 14.5	<0.001
Triglycerides (mg/dL)^†	116.3 ± 100.5	100.0 ± 65.3	<0.001
FPG(mg/dL)^†	99.4 ± 31.3	98.7 ± 31.9	0.477
MAP (mmHg)^†	96.8 ± 11.1	93.6 ± 11.2	<0.001
Alcohol drinks (/week)^†	5.7 ± 9.6	1.7 ± 4.9	<0.001
Current Smoking (%)^†	18.3%	10.3%	<0.001
SAT (cm³)^‡	1722.2 ± 806.6	2657.5 ± 962.9	<0.001
VAT (cm³)^‡	883.0 ± 415.1	802.3 ± 362.5	<0.001
Mean PA-alMT (mm)^§	3.10 ± 0.56	3.06 ± 0.57	0.253
Mean PD-alMT (mm)^§	3.06 ± 0.61	3.05 ± 0.60	0.844
Mean distal-alMT (mm)^§	2.44 ± 0.67	2.31 ± 0.67	<0.001

FPG = fasting plasma glucose; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; LDL = low-density lipoprotein; MAP = mean arterial pressure; PA-aIMT = proximal ascending aortic intima-media thickness; PD-aIMT = proximal descending aortic intima-media thickness; SAT = subcutaneous adipose tissue; VAT = visceral adipose tissue; WC = waist circumference; WHtR = waist-to-height ratio.

^(†)

denotes baseline values.

^(‡)

measured during Visit 2.

^(§)

measured during Visits 2 or 3. Mann-Whitney test was used for all comparisons of continuous variables and chi-square test was used for comparing smoking status.