Table 1 Age, BMI and risk indicators for men, no-oral contraceptives (OC) using women and oral contraceptives using women for each blood withdrawal day separately (means and ranges are given)
Men (n = 92) | No OC-using women (n = 75) | OC-using women (n = 56) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 45.22 (35–54) | 37.1 (23 – 55) | 30.0 (22 – 49) | ||||
BMI (kg/m2) | 25.17 (18.70 – 34.11) | 24.4 (18.3 – 40.6) | 23.2 (18.2 – 35.6) | ||||
Smoking (#/day) | 3.28 (0 – 35) | 3.41 (0 – 25) | 3.68 (0 – 25) | ||||
Alcohol use (cat.) | 3.64 (1 – 6) | 2.28 (0 – 6) | 2.25 (0 – 6) | ||||
Blood values | day 1 | day 3 | day 5 | day 1 | day 3 | day 1 | day 3 |
Mean CRP (mg/l) | 1.22 | 1.12 | 1.19 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 2.04 | 1.86 |
Range CRP (mg/l) | 0.04–4.88 | 0.02–6.53 | 0.07–7.98 | 0.05–3.00 | 0.05–3.78 | 0.16–5.58 | 0.14–4.60 |