Table 3 Patients characteristics stratified by sex in GEMCAS
Mean ± SD | ||
|---|---|---|
Men N = 13,942 | Women N = 21,927 | |
Age (years) | 53.0 ± 15.8 | 50.9 ± 16.2 |
BMI (kg/cm 2 ) | 27.6 ± 4.4 | 26.6 ± 5.6 |
Waist circumference (cm) | 98.8 ± 13.0 | 86.8 ± 14.3 |
Blood pressure (mmHg) | ||
Systolic | 133.6 ± 18.2 | 128.5 ± 19.3 |
Diastolic | 81.4 ± 10.4 | 79.2 ± 10.6 |
Blood sample | ||
Total cholesterol | 203 ± 42.4 | 209 ± 40.8 |
HDL cholesterol | 54.3 ± 14.2 | 67.3 ± 17.2 |
LDL cholesterol | 128.1 ± 36.6 | 128.0 ± 36.6 |
Random blood glucose (mg/dL) | 103 ± 36.5 | 94.7 ± 28.6 |
8 h fasting blood glucose (mg/dL) | 99.7 ± 27.3 | 93.3 ± 23.6 |
Random triglycerides (mg/dL) | 179.4 ± 164.6 | 135.2 ± 83.3 |
12 h fasting triglycerides (mg/dL) | 166.3 ± 222.1 | 129.7 ± 74.3 |
N (%) | ||
School years | ||
< 10 years | 1205 (8.9) | 3927 (18.4) |
= 10 years | 6914 (50.8) | 11993 (56.2) |
> 10 years | 5481 (40.3) | 5423 (25.4) |
Employment | ||
Employed | 7130 (52.2) | 9726 (45.1) |
Unemployed | 977 (7.1) | 933 (4.3) |
Economically inactiveb | 5564 (40.7) | 10901 (50.6) |
Diabetes mellitus | ||
Type 1 | 125 (1.0) | 99 (0.5) |
Type 2 | 2.197 (16.6) | 21.20 (10.1) |
History of Cardiovascular Disease | ||
Myocardial infarction | 1 504 (11.3) | 736 (3.54) |
Stroke | 488 (3.7) | 420 (2.0) |
Smoker | ||
Yes | 3 731 (27.5) | 4 993 (23.5) |
No, quit | 5 395 (39.7) | 4 739 (22.3) |
No, never | 4 445 (32.8) | 11 501 (54.2) |
Sport activities | ||
At least 2 h/week | 3 528 (26.0) | 4 984 (23.3) |
Up to 2 h/week | 4 886 (36.0) | 8 730 (40.9) |
No | 5 178 (38.2) | 7 640 35.8) |