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Table 1 General characteristics of the study population

From: Bioelectrical impedance outperforms waist circumference for predicting cardiometabolic risk in Congolese hypertensive subjects: a cross-sectional study

 

All patients

Men

Women

p

Patients with AHT

Patients without AHT

P

n = 400 (100)

n = 160 (40.0)

n = 240 (60.0)

 

n = 249 (62.2)

n = 151 (37.8)

Men n (%)

160 (40.0)

-

-

 

99 (39.8)

61 (40.3)

0.87

Age (years)

51.1 (12.6)

53.4 (13.5)

49.6 (11.8)

0.003

55.0 (11.1)

44.6 (12.4)

<0.0001

SBP (mmHg)

146.0 (24.8)

148.5 (23.5)

144.3 (25.5)

0.09

154.6 (21.4)

119.0 (11.8)

<0.0001

DBP (mmHg)

87.3 (15.2)

90.1 (15.3)

85.6 (14.9)

0.004

91.5 (14.7)

74.4 (7.9)

<0.0001

BMI (Kg/m2)

27.9 (5.3)

25.8 (3.9)

29.2 (5.7)

<0.0001

28.1 (5.0)

27.4 (5.6)

0.26

WC (cm)

95.0 (13.1)

93.7 (12.1)

95.9 (13.7)

0.09

95.7 (13.0)

94.0 (13.1)

0.08

MM (%)

27.7 (5.8)

32.9 (4.7)

24.3 (3.5)

<0.0001

27.5 (5.3)

28.2 (6.5)

0.23

VF (0/30-30/30)

9.8 (4.0)

10.8 (4.7)

9.1 (3.3)

<0.0001

10.5 (4.1)

8.6 (3.4)

<0.0001

BF (%)

36.1 (11.6)

25.9 (7.5)

42.9 (8.5)

<0.0001

36.4 (11.2)

35.5 (12.3)

0.48

Glycemia (mg/dl)

109.5 (48.4)

107.0 (41.7)

111.4 (53.0)

0.43

106.6 (47.1)

114.4 (50.3)

0.16

TC (mg/dl)

207.2 (56.9)

205.5 (50.3)

208.2 (60.8)

0.64

210.4 (56.9)

201.9 (56.6)

0.06

HDL-C (mg/dl)

46.3 (16.1)

44.4 (12.2)

47.6 (18.1)

0.055

46.6 (15.6)

46.0 (16.8)

0.21

LDL-C (mg/dl)

136.4 (49.2)

137.1 (47.0)

136.1 (50.5)

0.85

138.6 (50.5)

132.8 (46.8)

0.26

TG (mg/dl)

121.5 (69.9)

122.6 (83.7)

120.8 (59.5)

0.81

125.9 (75.9)

114.4 (58.4)

0.11

DM (%)

37.2

33.6

39.9

0.24

37.7

36.4

0.80

Obesity (%)

33.4

33.5

43.8

<0.0001

34.4

31.8

0.59

AHT (%)

62.3

61.9

62.5

0.89

100

0.0

-

WC ≥ 80 cm (W) / 94 cm (M)

70.8

47.2

86.3

<0.0001

71.9

68.9

0.52

Glycemia > 100 mg/dl or DM

42.2

40.3

43.5

0.51

43.1

40.7

0.62

HDL-C < 50 mg/dl (W) / < 40 mg/dl (M)

45.9

39.6

50.0

0.04

45.0

47.3

0.66

TG > 150 mg/dl

25.8

22.1

28.2

0.18

26.7

24.2

0.57

BP ≥ 130/85 mmHg or AHT

81.3

83.9

78.8

0.21

100.0

50.3

<0.0001

VF ≥ 10/30

48.6

60.6

41.5

0.0002

57.6

33.8

<0.0001

IDF-MS

47.4

30.4

58.3

<0.0001

53.3

38.3

0.003

IDF-MS without BP criteria

23.8

-

-

-

24.9

21.9

0.48

VF-MS

34.4

39.4

31.1

0.08

44.7

18.0

<0.0001

VF-MS without BP criteria

16.0

-

-

-

18.9

11.3

0.04

Framingham score (%)

13.4 (9.6)

17.4 (10.0)

10.8 (8.3)

<0.0001

16.4 (9.3)

8.7 (7.9)

<0.0001

  1. AHT = arterial hypertension; BMI = body mass index; BP = blood pressure; SBP = systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; WC = waist circumference; VF = visceral fat; BF = body fat; MM = skeletal muscle mass; TC = total cholesterol ; HDL = high density lipoprotein; LDL = low density lipoprotein; TG = triglycerides; DM: diabetes mellitus.
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