Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants

Number (%)

156

138 (88.5)

18(11.5)

Women

72(46.2)

65(90.3)

7(9.7)

0.5109

Men

84(53.8)

73(86.9)

11(13.1)

Mean ± SD

Age

41.5 ± 13.6

40.6 ± 12.9

48.0 ± 17.0

0.0247

BMI, Kg/m²

25.5 ± 5.2

25.5 ± 5.1

25.4 ± 6.4

0.9674

WHR

0.89 ± 0.09

0.89 ± 0.09

0.89 ± 0.07

0.9957

Systolic BP

128.2 ± 20.9

126.0 ± 20.0

145.5 ± 20.3

 < 0.0001

Diastolic BP

81.1 ± 13.7

79.6 ± 13.2

92.9 ± 11.6

 < 0.0001

Random blood glucose

5.98 ± 2.08

6.0 ± 2.0

5.9 ± 2.4

0.7735

HDL-C, mmol/L

0.78 ± 0.38

0.8 ± 0.4

0.6 ± 0.4

0.0103

LDL-C, mmol/L

2.04 ± 0.98

2.0 ± 1.0

2.2 ± 1.0

0.5124

TAG, mmol/L

1.42 ± 0.68

1.4 ± 0.7

1.5 ± 0.4

0.6315

Total Cholesterol, mmol/L

3.47 ± 1.06

3.5 ± 1.0

3.4 ± 1.0

0.8738