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Table 1 Characteristics of the study subjects

From: Association of arterial stiffness with single nucleotide polymorphism rs1333049 and metabolic risk factors

Parameters

All subjects(n= 208)

NonMetS(n= 73)

MetS(n= 135)

P value

Age (y)

59.5 ± 10.3

55.3 ± 11.3

61.7 ± 9.0

<0.001

Gender (male (%))

117 (56)

47 (64)

70 (52)

0.136

Waist circumference (cm)

88.6 ± 10.4

81.3 ± 9.5

92.5 ± 8.5

<0.001

Body mass index (kg/m2)

25.0 ± 3.7

23.1 ± 3.2

26.1 ± 3.4

<0.001

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

129 ± 17.0

121 ± 11.2

134 ± 17.7

<0.001

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

73.6 ± 11.1

71.8 ± 9.6

74.6 ± 11.8

0.084

Pulse pressure (mmHg)

55.7 ± 13.7

48.7 ± 9.3

59.5 ± 14.2

<0.001

Heart rate (beats/min)

66.4 ± 12.0

66.4 ± 13.8

66.4 ± 11.0

0.880

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

184 ± 45.9

180 ± 45.7

186 ± 46.0

0.396

Triglyceride (mg/dL)

181 ± 104

132 ± 66.0

208 ± 112

<0.001

HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

43.7 ± 12.6

48.7 ± 13.3

41.0 ± 11.4

<0.001

LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

104 ± 38.6

105 ± 40.9

104 ± 37.4

0.805

Fasting glucose (mg/dL)

108 ± 45.9

89.9 ± 17.0

119 ± 53.2

<0.001

Insulin (μIU/mL)

16.2 ± 9.6

13.3 ± 7.8

17.8 ± 10.1

<0.001

HOMA-IR

4.65 ± 4.6

2.96 ± 1.9

5.58 ± 5.3

<0.001

hsCRP (mg/L)

1.79 ± 2.0

1.44 ± 1.6

1.98 ± 2.1

0.015

Uric acid (mg/dL)

6.32 ± 1.8

5.90 ± 2.0

6.54 ± 1.7

0.003

  1. All data are expressed as mean ± SD or number (%). HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance; hsCRP, high sensitivity C reactive protein. P value, nonMetS vs. MetS.