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Table 1 Baseline characteristics by quartiles of fasting plasma insulin

From: Low fasting plasma insulin is associated with atrial fibrillation in men from a cohort study - the Malmö preventive project

 

Men

Women

 

Q 1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q 1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Number

1,423

1,718

1,383

1,528

410

119

258

227

FPI, mmol/ L, range

1-3

4-8

9-13

14-260

2-3

4-5

6-10

11-62

Age, years

47.0(2.5)

47.1(2.4)

47.3(2.6)

47.6(2.1)

47.8(6.1)

47.9(7.1)

48.1(6.9)

49.6(6.4)

Height, cm

176.2 (6.7)

176.3 (6.4)

176.6 (6.6)

176.5 (6.7)

163.4 (5.8)

164.2 (5.8)

163.4 (6.0)

163.2 (5.8)

Weight, kg

73.6 (10.1)

75.5 (9.9)

77.7(10.8)

82.9 (13.1)

62.0(9.4)

62.1(9.7)

63.3(9.9)

70.5 (15.6)

BMI, kg/m 2

23.7 (2.7)

24.3 (2.8)

24.8 (3.0)

26.6 (3.8)

23.2 (3.3)

23.1 (3.5)

23.7 (3.5)

26.4 (5.4)

FBG, mmol/L

4.8 (0.49)

4.9 0.53)

4.9 (0.56)

4.9 (0.60)

4.8 (0.49)

4.8 (0.51)

4.8 (0.48)

5.0 (0.48)

Blood glucose at 2 h OGTT

5.2 (1.3)

5.3 (1.4)

5.5 (1.4)

5.9 (1.6)

6.0 (1.4)

6.1 (1.4)

6.6 (1.6)

6.6 (1.5)

SBP, mmHg

127(16)

128(15)

130(16)

134 (17)

121 (15)

123 (17)

122 (16)

126 (16)

Current smoking,%

54.5

52.0

51.2

47.7

36.3

38.7

34.1

37.7

  1. Values are means (standard deviation) unless otherwise stated.
  2. FPI = Fasting Plasma Insulin, FBG = Fasting blood glucose, OGTT = Oral Glucose Tolerance Test, SBP = Systolic Blood pressure, BMI = Body Mass Index.