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Table 1 Characteristics of subjects by gender

From: Associations between high triglycerides and arterial stiffness in a population-based sample: Kardiovize Brno 2030 study

Variables

All

Male

Female

p

n (%)

1934 (100.0)

864 (44.7)

1070 (56.3)

 

Age (years)

48.0 (19.0)

46.5 (20.0)

49.0 (20.0)

0.002

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

118.4 (19.6)

121.2 (17.6)

115.6 (19.4)

< 0.001

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

79.4 (12.6)

82.2 (12.0)

77.0 (11.8)

< 0.001

Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)

4.9 (0.7)

5.0 (0.7)

4.8 (0.7)

< 0.001

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.0 (0.7)

1.2 (0.9)

0.9 (0.6)

< 0.001

HDL – Cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.4 (0.5)

1.3 (0.3)

1.6 (0.4)

< 0.001

LDL-Cholesterol (mmol/l)

3.0 (1.2)

3.0 (1.2)

2.9 (1.2)

0.051

Waist Circumference (cm)

88.0 (20.0)

95.0 (17.0)

82.0 (18.0)

< 0.001

CAVI

7.2 (1.4)

7.3 (1.5)

7.1 (1.3)

< 0.001

Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.1 (1.3)

5.0 (1.3)

5.1 (1.3)

0.007

MetS (%)

449 (23.2)

249 (28.9)

200 (18.7)

< 0.001

High Blood pressure (%)

828 (42.8)

436 (50.5)

392 (36.6)

< 0.001

Dysglycemia (%)

290 (15)

171 (19.8)

119 (11.1)

< 0.001

Hypertriglyceridemia (%)

391 (20.2)

252 (29.2)

139 (13.0)

< 0.001

Low HDL-Cholesterol (%)

254 (13.1)

100 (11.6)

154 (14.4)

0.078

Abdominal obesity (%)

1093 (56.5)

484 (56.0)

609 (56.9)

0.712

High CAVI (%)

194 (10.0)

125 (14.5)

69 (6.4)

< 0.001

High Total Cholesterol (%)

914 (47.3)

379 (43.9)

535 (50.0)

0.008

High LDL-Cholesterol (%)

1204 (62.3)

593 (68.6)

611 (57.1)

< 0.001

Smokers (%)

467 (24.3)

220 (25.7)

247 (23.2)

0.200

  1. Median (Interquartile range) and differences were assessed using the Mann-Whitney U test, n (%), and differences were assessed using the Chi-Square test