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Table 1 General characteristics of the study population

From: Osteoprotegerin in relation to insulin resistance and blood lipids in sub-Saharan African women with and without abdominal obesity

Characteristics

Non obese

Obese

p

Age (years)

27.44 (6.07)

31.86 (5.23)

0.012

BMI (kg/m2)

22.09 (1.89)

30.35 (5.86)

0.000

Waist circumference (cm)

73.44 (4.29)

96.91 (12.94)

0.000

% body fat

19.76 (5.52)

32.03 (8.68)

0.000

Systolic arterial pression (mmHg)

110 (18)

122 (18)

0.012

Diastolic arterial pression (mmHg)

74 (11)

82 (16)

0.103

Blood glucose (mmol/L)

4.63 (0.63)

5.04 (2.01)

0.933

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.21 (0.47)

1.26 (0.50)

0.894

LDL-Cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.84 (0.90)

1.69 (1.06)

0.387

HDL-Cholesterol (mmol/L)

2.23 (0.59)

2.06 (0.83)

0.385

Insulin (UI/ML)

2.25 (0.55)

3.85 (0.65)

0.207

HOMA-IR

9.19 (7.60)

14.50 (12.58)

0.126

Osteoprotegerin (pmol/L)

4.14 (1.84)

4.16 (1.78)

0.900

  1. Data are mean (standard deviation)
  2. BMI: body mass index; % Body fat: percentage of body fat; LDL-Cholesterol: Low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-Cholesterol: High density lipoprotein cholesterol; HOMA-IR: Homeostasis Model assessment of insulin resistance