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Table 1 Body composition measurements, blood pressure, carotid diameter, cIMT, and biomarkers in the LBA subsample. Descriptives are presented for women and men separately

From: Body composition is a strong predictor of local carotid stiffness in Swedish, young adults – the cross sectional Lifestyle, biomarkers, and atherosclerosis study

 

LBA subsample (n = 220)

 

Women (n = 164)

Men (n = 56)

 

Mean

SD

Min-Max

Mean

SD

Min-Max

P-values

Age (year)

21.7

2.0

18–25

22.1

2.0

19–25

0.204

Height (cm)

168.3

6.1

149.0–189.0

181.1

6.0

169.0–200.0

< 0.001

Weight (kg)

62.6

10.7

42.8–139.0

74.8

9.9

57.3–96.1

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

22.1

3.4

15.8–44.9

22.8

2.6

17.4–29.2

0.153

Waist (cm)

73.4

7.3

57.0–116.5

80.9

6.1

60.0–96.0

< 0.001

Body fat (%)

27.3

6.3

10.3–51.8

15.0

4.2

2.0–24.9

< 0.001

SBPbrach (mmHg)

110

8

90–138

123

10.0

103–148

< 0.001

DBPbrach (mmHg)

65

5

52–77

66

7

49–79

0.167

MAPbrach (mmHg)

81

6

40–98

86

7

68–99

< 0.001

Carotid diam (μm)

6028

352

5271–6843

6412

417

5592–7454

< 0.001

cIMT (μm)

610

81

400–819

646

105

453–901

< 0.05

Cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.3

0.8

2.5–8.2

4.0

0.8

2.5–5.8

< 0.01

Glucose (mmol/L)

4.9

0.3

4.2–6.9

5.2

0.3

4.5–5.9

< 0.001

Insulin (mU/L)

7.8

3.6

1.3–24.0

7.5

3.6

1.2–15.4

0.689

  1. Notes: Results (mean, SD (standard deviation) and min-max values) are presented for women and men separately. Mean differences between the women and men were analyzed by unpaired Student’s t-test. Level of significance was set at P < 0.05
  2. Abbreviations: BMI (kg/m2), Body mass index, Waist (cm), Waist circumference, Body fat %, percentage of body fat, SBPbrach (mmHg), Brachial systolic blood pressure, DBPbrach (mmHg), Brachial diastolic blood pressure, MAPbrach (mmHg), Brachial mean arterial pressure, Carotid diam (μm), Carotid end diastolic diameter, cIMT (μm), Intima media thickness