Table 1.
Characteristics of study groups based on sex (F-women, M-men), age, height, weight, BMI and CRP values of subjects
| Variable | Group | Test statistics | P-value | η2/*η2 partial | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study n = 62 | Control n = 42 | |||||
| Sex | N (%) | F 20 (32.26%) M 42 (67.74%) |
F 16 (38.10%) M 26 (61.90%) |
χ2P = 0.37 | 0.5392 | – |
| Age [years] | M ± SD | 42.68 ±12.24 | 43.40 ±10.00 | t = –0.32 | 0.7501 | – |
| Height [m] | M ± SD | 1.746 ±0.088 | 1.750 ±0.098 | t = –0.18 | 0.8612 | – |
| Body weight [kg] |
M ± SD | 81.66 ±16.73 | 77.36 ±15.77 | t = 1.32 | 0.1908 | – |
| CRP [mg/dl] | M ± SD | 8.712 ±20.19 | 1.611 ±2.37 | Z = 4.42 | < 0.0001 | 0.19 |
| Me (min.– max.) | 3.12 (0.20–141.50) | 0.965 (0.20–13.90) | ||||
| Log10 CRP | M ± SD | 0.486 ±0.598 | –0.016 ±0.416 | t cc = 5.05 | < 0.0001 | *0.18 |
| BMI [kg/m2] | M ± SD | 26.709 ±4.542 | 25.031 ±3.339 | t cc = –2.170 | 0.0323 | 0.04 |
| Me (min.– max.) | 25.940 (16.300–37.440) | 24.920 (16.160–33.240) | ||||
M ± SD – arithmetic mean ± standard deviation, Me – median.