Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle, and health factors of study population.
| Study population | M | F | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | p-value | |
| 395 | 245 | (62.02) | 150 | (37.98) | |||
| SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS | |||||||
| Age | |||||||
| Mean | 40.1 | 41.7 | 37.5 | <0.001 | |||
| Range | 19–67 | 19–67 | 20–61 | ||||
| Age groups | |||||||
| 19–39 | 207 | (52.4) | 116 | (47.4) | 91 | (60.7) | <0.001 |
| 40–59 | 156 | (39.5) | 100 | (40.8) | 56 | (37.3) | |
| ≥60 | 32 | (8.1) | 29 | (11.8) | 3 | (2.0) | |
| Education | |||||||
| Illiterate | 7 | (1.8) | 4 | (1.6) | 3 | (2.0) | 0.100 |
| Elementary school | 28 | (7.1) | 16 | (6.5) | 12 | 8.0) | |
| Middle school | 240 | (60.8) | 159 | (64.9) | 81 | (54.0) | |
| High school | 113 | (28.6) | 64 | (26.1) | 49 | (32.7) | |
| University | 7 | (1.8) | 2 | (0.8) | 5 | (3.3) | |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Unmarried | 109 | (27.6) | 75 | (30.6) | 34 | (22.7) | 0.008 |
| Married | 261 | (66.1) | 161 | (65.7) | 100 | (66.7) | |
| Divorced/widowed | 25 | (6.3) | 9 | (3.7) | 16 | (10.7) | |
| Children (n) | |||||||
| 0 | 113 | (28.6) | 78 | (31.8) | 35 | (23.3) | 0.006 |
| 1–2 | 167 | (42.3) | 108 | (44.1) | 59 | (39.3) | |
| ≥3 | 115 | (29.1) | 59 | (24.1) | 56 | (37.3) | |
| LIFESTYLE AND HEALTH FACTORS | |||||||
| Smoking habit | |||||||
| Yes | 140 | (35.4) | 101 | (41.2) | 39 | (26.0) | 0.006 |
| No | 247 | (62.5) | 139 | (56.7) | 108 | (72.0) | |
| Ex | 8 | (2.0) | 5 | (2.0) | 3 | (2.0) | |
| Comorbidities (including obesity) | |||||||
| 0 | 278 | (70.4) | 170 | (69.4) | 108 | (72.0) | 0.581 |
| ≥1 | 117 | (29.6) | 75 | (30.6) | 42 | (28.0) | |
| BMI | |||||||
| <18.5 | 11 | (2.8) | 4 | (1.6) | 7 | (4.7) | 0.030 |
| 18.5–24.99 | 173 | (43.8) | 100 | (40.8) | 73 | (48.7) | |
| 25–29.99 | 130 | (32.9) | 92 | (37.6) | 38 | (25.3) | |
| ≥30 | 81 | (20.5) | 49 | (20.0) | 32 | (21.3) | |
| Blood pressure | |||||||
| Systolic ≥ 140 mmHg | 62 | (15.7) | 48 | (19.6) | 14 | (9.3) | 0.007 |
| Mean systolic (mmHg) | 121 | 125 | 114 | <0.001 | |||
| Diastolic ≥90 | 70 | (17.7) | 53 | (21.6) | 17 | (11.3) | 0.009 |
| Mean diastolic (mmHg) | 76 | 79 | 72 | <0.001 | |||
| QTc | |||||||
| Mean (ms) | 378.11 | 372.02 | 388.07 | < 0.001 | |||
| Normal | 382 | (96.7) | 235 | (95.9) | 147 | (98.0) | 0.386 |
| Borderline/Long | 13 | (3.3) | 10 | (4.1) | 3 | (2.0) | |
| Blood glucose | |||||||
| Mean (mg/dL) | 90.1 | 93.0 | 85.4 | 0.007 | |||
| ≥100 mg/dL | 53 | (13.4) | 41 | (16.7) | 12 | (8.0) | 0.010 |
Bold values indicate significant results.