Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study population

Age (Years)

45.99 ± 7.77

53.5 ± 10.78

<0.0001

Weight (kg)

76.61 ± 14.52

77.37 ± 13.55

0.41

Height (cm)

161.25 ± 8.79

161.10 ± 9.30

0.80

Body mass index (kg/m²)

29.22 ± 5.58

29.9 ± 5.89

0.95

Sex: Male/Female

(52.6%)/(47.4%)

(56.8%)/(43.2%)

0.0002

SBP (mmHg)

114.80 ± 8.04

125.83 ± 9.96

<0.0001

DBP (mmHg)

75.81 ± 6.20

81.25 ± 4.82

0.0001

Waist (cms)

89.75 ± 14.19

95.3 ± 18.96

<0.0001

Hips (cms)

101.75 ± 14.72

99.64 ± 16.52

0.61

FBS (mmol/L)

5.23 ± 0.61

12.92 ± 4.60

<0.0001

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.62 ± 0.86

2.24 ± 1.62

<0.0001

Cholesterol (mmol/L )

5.04 ± 0.96

5.61 ± 1.26

<0.0001

HDL-C (mmol/L )

0.64 ± 0.23

0.84 ± 0.37

<0.0001

LDL-C (mmol/L)

3.66 ± 0.85

3.76 ± 1.05

0.0008

Glucose (mmol/L)

5.7 ± 1.2

9.4 ± 1.5

0.0002

Insulin (μU/mL)

12.5 ± 1.8

16.2 ± 2.2

0.0002

HOMA-IR

3.15 ± 1.9

6.8 ± 2.4

0.00008