Table 1.
Anthropometric, biochemical, and haematological indicators of the studied population according to gender.
| Parameters | Female N = 240 |
Male N = 108 |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 18 (18, 19) | 18 (18,19) | 0.051 |
| BMI | 24.3 (21.3, 28.1) | 23.9 (21.3, 27.2) | 0.500 |
| Body fat (%) | 38.3 (31.8, 43.6) | 23.5 (16.7, 31.4) | < 0.001 |
| Visceral fat (%) | 4.0 (3.0, 5.5) | 6.0 (3.5, 8.0) | < 0.001 |
| Skeletal muscle (%) | 25.2 (23.5, 26.8) | 38.6 (33.3, 41.4) | < 0.001 |
| Erythrocytes (106 µL–1) | 4.4 (4.2, 4.6) | 5.0 (4.8, 5.2) | < 0.001 |
| Haemoglobin (mg dL–1) | 12.6 (12.0, 13.2) | 14.5 (13.9, 15.2) | < 0.001 |
| Haematocrit (%) | 35.9 (34.4, 37.8) | 40.8 (38.7, 42.4) | < 0.001 |
| MCV (fL) | 82.0 (80.0, 84.9) | 81.5 (79.7, 83.1) | 0.052 |
| MCH (pg) | 28.6 (27.7, 29.5) | 29.0 (28.4, 29.6) | 0.009 |
| RDW-CV (%) | 13.3 (12.9, 13.8) | 13.4 (13.0, 13.8) | 0.556 |
| Leucocytes (103 µL–1) | 7.0 (6.0, 8.3) | 6.2 (5.6, 7.5) | < 0.001 |
| Platelets (103 µL–1) | 307 (267.7, 351.0) | 286.5 (244.5, 324.7) | 0.001 |
| Hcy (μmol L–1) | 9.6 (8.3, 11.4) | 11.3 (9.9, 14.1) | 0.001 |
| TC (mg dL–1) | 158.0 (139.0, 181.0) | 153.5 (130.2, 174.0) | 0.059 |
| TG (mg dL–1) | 75.0 (55.2, 102.0) | 74.5 (58.0, 111.2) | 0.477 |
| HDL-C (mg dL–1) | 49.0 (41.0, 57.0) | 45.0 (38.0, 53.0) | 0.022 |
| LDL-C (mg dL–1) | 92.0 (72.0, 117.0) | 89.0 (72.2, 117.2) | 0.552 |
| VLDL-C (mg dL–1) | 15.0 (11.0, 20.4) | 14.9 (11.6, 22.2) | 0.477 |
| TC/HDL ratio | 3.2 (2.7, 4.0) | 3.2 (2.8, 4.2) | 0.784 |
| LDL/HDL ratio | 1.9 (1.4, 2.6) | 1.9 (1.5, 2.7) | 0.566 |
| AIP | –0.18 (−.32, 0.05) | –0.15 (−.27, 0.08) | 0.196 |
BMI, body mass index; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MCH, mean corpuscular haemoglobin; RDW-CV, red cell distribution width; Hcy, homocysteine; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol; VLDL-C, very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) cholesterol; AIP, atherogenic index of plasma. Data were described as the median (interquartile range). The Mann–Whitney U-test was employed to compare the distribution between groups. Statistical significance was set at P < 0.05.