Table 1.
Clinical and metabolic characteristics of the study population (mean (SD) unless otherwise stated).
| Variables | Baseline (n = 168) |
Follow Up (n = 168) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 41 (12) | ||
| Sex, female n (%) | 119 (71) | ||
| Smoking n (%) | |||
| Current | 19 (11) | ||
| Ex-smoker | 8 (5.0) | ||
| Never smoked | 141 (84) | ||
| Body mass index (BMI) n (%) * | |||
| Normal weight (BMI 18.5–25) | 40 (24) | 38 (23) | |
| Overweight (BMI 25.1–29.9) | 54 (32) | 53 (32) | |
| Obese (BMI ≥ 30) | 74 (44) | 73 (45) | |
| Physical activity n (%) | |||
| Not active | 31 (18) | 20 (12) | |
| Moderately active | 104 (62) | 115 (69) | |
| Very active | 33 (20) | 32 (19) | |
| Diabetes n (%) | 33 (20) | ||
| Hypertension n (%) | 27 (16) | ||
| Systolic blood pressure (SBP; mm Hg) |
123 (13) | 121 (10) | |
| Diastolic blood pressure (DBP; mm Hg) |
76 (8.0) | 78 (8) | |
| Hs CRP (mg/L) | 3.5 (3.0) | 3.8 (4) | |
| HBA1c (%) | 5.8 (0.9) | 5.7 (1) | |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 4.9 (0.9) | ||
| Urea (mmol/L) | 4.1 (1.5) |
* p < 0.05 for the difference in BMI between baseline and follow-up.