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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population (n = 771) for men and women separately

From: Association between presence of the metabolic syndrome and its components with carotid intima-media thickness and carotid and femoral plaque area: a population study

Baseline characteristics

Men (n = 359)

Women (n = 412)

P value

Age (years)*

61.02 (0.56)

60.06 (0.48)

0.19

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)*

136.47 (0.88)

140.96 (0.86)

<0.001

BMI (kg/m 2 )*

27.8 (0.22)

28.3(0.25)

0.14

Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)*

5.67 (0.06)

6.0 (0.06)

<0.001

LDL Cholesterol (mmol/L)*

3.47 (0.04)

3.56 (0.037)

0.10

HDL Cholesterol (mmol/L)*

1.16 (0.015)

1.41 (0.015)

<0.001

Triglycerides (mmol/L) †

1.55 (1.15; 2.15)

1.40 (1.04; 1.95)

0.002

ApoA1 (g/L)*

1.35 (0.011)

1.53 (0.012)

<0.001

ApoB (g/L)*

1.20 (0.013)

1.19 (0.012)

0.47

Antihypertensive Treatment (%)

38.0%

37.0%

0.77

Antihyperlipidemic Treatment (%)

21.5%

16.6%

0.08

Diabetes (%)

17.3%

9.5%

0.001

No of MetS components (%)

   

        0 MetS Comp.

5.3%

12.9%

<0.001

        1 MetS Comp.

19.6%

35.0%

<0.001

        2 MetS Comp.

29.1%

28.4%

0.38

        3 MetS Comp.

25.4%

18.2%

0.21

        4 MetS Comp.

17.0%

4.4%

<0.001

        5 MetS Comp.

3.6%

1.2%

0.059

  1. *Mean and standard deviation (sd) is used for normally distributed values.
  2. †Median and interquartile range (iqr) is used for non-normally distributed values.
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