Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population by gender
Variables | Total population | Gender | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Women | Men | |||
N | 1318 | 910(69%) | 408(31%) | Â |
Age (years) | 52 ± 8 | 52 ± 8.00 | 51 ± 8.32 | 0.699 |
BMI (Kg/m2) | 27.73 ± 8.00 | 30.44 ± 7.84 | 21.70 ± 4.05 |  ≤ 0.001** |
Overweight %(N) | 307(23.3%) | 236(25.9%) | 71(17%) | 0.142 |
Obese %(N) | 461(35.0%) | 448(49.2%) | 13(3.2%) |  ≤ 0.001** |
Overweight/Obese %(N) | 65%(166) | 85.5%(141) | 27.2%(25) | 0.001** |
WC(cm) | 89.60 ± 16.03 | 93.67 ± 16.07 | 80.36 ± 11.59 |  ≤ 0.001** |
High WC %(N) | 766(58.1%) | 709(77.9%) | 57 (14%) | 0.001** |
Right CIMT (mm) | 0.65 ± 0.14 | 0.65 ± 0.14 | 0.65 ± 0.14 | 0.946 |
Left CIMT (mm) | 0.64 ± 0.13 | 0.63 ± 0.13 | 0.64 ± 0.13 | 0.339 |
CIMT (mm) | 0.65 ± 0.12 | 0.64 ± 0.12 | 0.65 ± 0.13 | 0.587 |
High CIMT %(N) | 129 (9.7%) | 86 (9.5%) | 43(10.5%) | 0.301 |
SBP (mmHg) | 126 ± 22.00 | 126 ± 22 | 126 ± 21 | 0.741 |
DBP (mmHg) | 81 ± 13.00 | 81 ± 13 | 79. ± 13 |  ≤ 0.001** |
Hypertensive %(N) | 33%(85) | 40.0%(66) | 20.7%(19) | 0.001** |
TRIG (mmol/L) | 1.11 ± 0.62 | 1.11 ± 0.60 | 1.10 ± 0.65 | 0.875 |
High TRIG %(N) | 14%(37) | 14.9%(24) | 14.4%(13) | 0.539 |
LDLc (mmol/L) | 2.41 ± 0.93 | 2.53 ± 0.94 | 2.16 ± 0.84 |  ≤ 0.001** |
High LDL c %(N) | 29%(74) | 31.5%(52) | 24.2%(22) | 0.136 |
HDLc (mmol/L) | 1.21 ± 0.40 | 1.18 ± 0.36 | 1.26 ± 0.48 | 0.001** |
Low HDL c %(N) | 68%(175) | 77.6%(128) | 51.1%(47) | 0.001** |
CHOL (mmol/L) | 4.12 ± 1.10 | 4.21 ± 1.12 | 3.93 ± 1.00 |  ≤ 0.001** |
High CHOL %(N) | 35%(90) | 37.0%(61) | 31.5%(29) | 0.230 |
Glucose (mmol/L) | 5.22 ± 2.24 | 5.31 ± 2.44 | 5.04 ± 2.10 | 0.054* |
High glucose %(N) | 11%(27) | 9.1%(15) | 13.0%(12) | 0.216 |