Table 1.

Clinical characteristics and anthropometric indices of participants stratified by gender

Variable	Total	Male	Female	P-value
	(n = 155)	(n = 75)	(n = 80)
Age (years)	57.10 ± 9.77	57.16 ± 9.01	57.05 ± 10.49	0.944
Age categories				0.253
< 40	6 (3.87)	1 (1.33)	5 (6.25)
40–49	30 (19.35)	18 (24.00)	12 (15.00)
50–59	52 (33.54)	22 (29.33)	30 (37.50)
60–69	49 (31.61)	26 (34.67)	23 (28.75)
≥ 70	18 (11.61)	8 (10.67)	18 (22.50)
Blood pressure (mmHg)
SBP	140.22 ± 22.68	137.87 ± 20.95	142.43 ± 24.11	0.212
DBP	81.61 ± 13.09	80.95 ± 10.90	82.24 ± 14.90	0.541
FBG, mmol/l	8.66 ± 3.61	7.87 ± 3.54	9.40 ± 3.53	0.008*
WC, cm	99.93 ± 13.90	97.59 ± 12.78	102.12 ± 14.62	0.042*
BMI, Kg/m2	29.50 ± 6.51	27.85 ± 5.35	31.05 ± 7.13	0.002*
BMI, n (%)				0.011*
Underweight	1 (0.65)	1 (1.33)	0 (0.0)
Normal	43 (27.74)	29 (38.67)	15 (18.75)
Overweight	43 (27.74)	21 (28.00)	22 (27.50)
Obese	68 (43.87)	25 (33.33)	43 (53.75)
Duration of T2DM (years)				0.353
< 5	65 (41.94)	37 (49.3)	28 (35.0)
5–10.	49 (31.61)	20 (26.7)	29 (36.3)
11–15	17 (10.97)	8 (10.7)	9 (11.3)
> 15	24 (15.48)	10 (13.3)	14 (17.4)

WC = Waist Circumference, BMI = body Mass Index, T2DM =  type 2 diabetes mellitus, *significant at p < 0.05