Table 1 Demographic and laboratory variables of the analyzed men and women

N (%)

521 (74.9)

175 (25.1)

480 (92.1)

41 (7.9)

Age (y)

48.2 ± 11.4

50.0 ± 11.3*

53.5 ± 10.6

56.6 ± 10.5*

BMI (Kg/m2)

24.4 ± 2.9

25.5 ± 3.0*

23.7 ± 3.0

25.8 ± 3.9*

WC(cm)

84.3 ± 8.0

88.3 ± 8.3*

77.0 ± 7.6

83.0 ± 11.0*

SBP (mmHg)

128.0 ± 19.2

131.8 ± 18.2*

127.4 ± 20.2

139.4 ± 25.6*

DBP (mmHg)

79.8 ± 12.6

84.6 ± 13.5*

75.0 ± 11.4

79.6 ± 11.7*

TC (mmol/L)

5.1 ± 1.0

5.3 ± 1.0

5.2 ± 1.0

5.3 ± 1.4

TG (mmol/L)

1.8 ± 1.6

2.8 ± 1.8*

1.4 ± 1.2

2.0 ± 1.3*

HDL-c(mmol/L)

1.5 ± 0.4

1.3 ± 0.3*

1.7 ± 0.4

1.5 ± 0.3*

LDL-c(mmol/L)

3.0 ± 0.8

3.1 ± 0.8

2.9 ± 0.9

3.0 ± 1.0

FPG(mmol/L)

5.2 ± 1.6

5.5 ± 1.5*

5.1 ± 0.9

5.3 ± 1.2*

CAVI

7.66 ± 1.12

7.75 ± 1.15

7.67 ± 1.15

8.45 ± 1.40*