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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants

From: Metabolic syndrome and benign prostatic hyperplasia: association or coincidence?

Continuous variables

BPH (n = 128)

Controls (n = 141)

P

Mean

SD

Range

Mean

SD

Range

Age (years)

65.76

6.47

52–77

63.66

5.64

50–74

0.081

Weight (kg)

81.37

11.36

61.5–115

81.78

10.20

54–108

0.684

Height (m)

1.73

0.07

1.53–1.98

1.74

0.05

1.58–1.88

0.117

Body mass index (kg/m2)

27.05

3.27

18.7–34.7

26.78

2.90

20.0–34.7

0.724

Waist (m)

0.98

0.08

0.79–1.20

0.99

0.086

0.75–1.18

0.492

LAP

56.24

35.90

11.4–296.7

51.98

38.66

7.3–234.9

0.350

Cholesterol (mmol/l)

5.68

1.55

2.16–10.76

5.00

1.57

2.17–9.13

0.001

HDL (mmol/l)

0.92

0.27

0.54–1.94

1.32

0.35

0.50–2.45

0.001

LDL (mmol/l)

3.67

1.49

0.58–8.84

3.35

1.50

0.47–10.49

0.019

Triglycerides (mmol/l)

1.64

0.75

0.66–5.44

1.49

0.84

0.43–4.53

0.132

Glucose (mmol/l)

5.85

0.97

4.27–10.21

6.02

1.20

2.93–10.70

0.489

Insulin (pmol/l)

104.10

43.62

2.64–454.92

81.06

37.32

13.98–185.70

0.041

HOMA-IR

5.00

5.85

0.1–26.28

3.64

1.91

0.10–8.85

0.028

Total testosterone (nmol/l)

14.35

6.45

0.35–29.26

13.83

5.96

0.35–34.08

0.205

Free testosterone (pmol/l)

382.93

250.77

3.09–1272.47

373.92

199.84

36.75–1094.19

0.746

Estradiol (pmol/l)

106.06

75.59

21.92–421.80

146.91

83.96

36.16–441.25

0.001

DHEA-S (μmol/l)

3.34

1.98

0.33–9.34

3.94

2.44

0.03–12.51

0.026

SHBG (nmol/l)

38.17

18.83

2.58–98.0

48.32

25.62

4.93–128.0

0.001

LH (mIU/ml)

10.74

7.16

0.70–67.98

8.04

4.04

1.08–33.09

0.001

Categorical variables

BPH (n = 128)

Controls (n = 141)

P

n

%

n

%

Waist > 94 cm

89

69

 

104

74

 

0.489

BMI > 25.0 kg/m2

103

73

 

91

70

 

0.717

Blood glucose > 5.55 mmol/la

77

60

 

93

66

 

0.376

HDL < 1.03 mmol/la

46

36

 

56

40

 

0.332

Triglycerides > 1.71 mmol/la

74

58

 

58

41

 

0.013

Blood pressure > 130/85 mm Hga

76

59

 

81

57

 

0.844

Metabolic syndrome

74

58

 

58

41

 

0.007

  1. aor specific treatment for previously diagnosed condition