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Table 1 The general characteristics according to sex

From: The utility of fat mass index vs. body mass index and percentage of body fat in the screening of metabolic syndrome

Variables

Men(n = 1105)

Women(n = 593)

Pvalue

Age(yr)

46.96 ± 8.46

46.45 ± 10.79

0.319

Body mass index(kg/m2)

26.01 ± 3.02

23.31 ± 3.36

0.000

Fat mass index(kg/m2)

5.78 ± 2.12

6.74 ± 2.25

0.000

Percentage of body fat(%)

21.59 ± 6.11

28.11 ± 5.91

0.000

Waist circumference(cm)

84.67 ± 7.35

77.81 ± 6.60

0.000

Systolic blood pressure(mmHg)

124.24 ± 17.84

124.83 ± 21.63

0.565

Diastolic blood pressure(mmHg)

77.34 ± 11.95

73.17 ± 11.1

0.000

Total cholesterol(mmol/L)

4.95 ± 0.91

4.79 ± 0.90

0.001

Triglyceride(mmol/L)

2.03 ± 1.43

1.29 ± 0.90

0.000

High-density-lipoprotein cholesterol(mmol/L)

1.12 ± 0.25

1.38 ± 0.31

0.000

Low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol(mmol/L)

3.12 ± 0.79

2.94 ± 0.78

0.000

Fasting blood glucose(mmol/L)

5.51 ± 1.25

5.09 ± 0.89

0.000

C-reactive protein(mg/L)

1.84 ± 2.10

1.38 ± 1.83

0.000

Prevalence of MetS (%/n)

21.00/232

18.40/109

0.200

Percentage of Smokers (%/n)

38.40/424

19.2/114

0.000

Percentage of regular exerciser (%/n)

32.3/357

42.7/253

0.000