Table 3 Cardiovascular Risk Factors as a function of Body Mass Index and weight perception categories
From: Weight- perception in male career firefighters and its association with cardiovascular risk factors
n | 95 | 263 | 128 | 61 | 198 | 23 | p-value2 | p-value3 | p-value4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BMI category | normal | overweight | overweight | obese | obese | obese | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Self reported weight category 1 | healthy/nl | healthy/nl | overweight | healthy/nl | overweight | obese | n/a | n/a | n/a |
weight perception | correct | underestim | correct | underestim | underestim | correct | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Age mean (SD) | 35.9 (9.9) | 36.0 (8.2) | 39.4 (8.5) | 36.4 (7.8) | 39.3 (8.0) | 39.3 (6.9) | <0.0001 | n/a | n/a |
BMI mean (SD) | 23.7 (1.0) | 27.2 (1.3) | 28.3 (1.4) | 32.5 (2.3) | 33.8 (3.1) | 39.6 (3.8) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | n/a |
CRF (maximal METS) mean (SD) | 13.7 (1.6) | 13.4 (1.2) | 12.6 (1.3) | 12.6 (1.3) | 11.8 (1.6) | 10.8 (1.6) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.0052 |
Weekly exercise (days/week) (one day or less) n (%) | 15 (16.0) | 18 (6.9) | 30 (23.4) | 5 (8.2) | 44 (22.5) | 10 (43.5) | <0.0001 | 0.0010 | <0.0001 |
Weekly exercise (2-4 days) n (%) | 53 (56.4) | 157 (60.2) | 84 (65.6) | 36 (59.0) | 130 (66.3) | 13 (56.5) | |||
Weekly exercise (5 days or more) n (%) | 26 (27.7) | 86 (33.0) | 14 (10.9) | 20 (32.8) | 22 (11.2) | 0 (0.0) | |||
MetSyn n(%) | 4 (4.2) | 20 (7.6) | 20 (15.6) | 33 (54.1) | 118 (59.6) | 18 (78.3) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
HRR1 mean (SD) | 36.5 (14.4) | 33.8 (14.0) | 31.3 (13.7) | 32.3 (11.7) | 32.2 (12.9) | 30.5 (10.8) | 0.0702 | 0.2069 | 0.5954 |
RSBP mean (SD) | 118.8 (12.3) | 121.1 (12.0) | 121.4 (12.4) | 125.6 (14.6) | 125.8 (12.5) | 125.5 (10.4) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.6621 |
RDBP mean (SD) | 76.7 (8.0) | 78.3 (7.6) | 79.5 (7.4) | 82.0 (8.2) | 83.0 (7.8) | 81.5 (5.6) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.1229 |
HDL- chol mean (SD) | 50.4 (11.0) | 48.7 (11.3) | 43.2 (9.6) | 43.3 (10.0) | 40.8 (10.1) | 40.8 (11.4) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.0004 |
LDL- chol mean (SD) | 109.4 (34.0) | 117.7 (34.0) | 129.3 (33.8) | 116.8 (25.1) | 125.9 (34.3) | 121.8 (41.5) | <0.0001 | 0.0023 | 0.0054 |
TChol mean (SD) | 181.7 (37.1) | 191.9 (38.1) | 203.7 (43.6) | 191.0 (29.1) | 200.3 (36.2) | 211.0 (46.0) | <0.0001 | 0.0010 | 0.0020 |
TChol/HDL ratio mean (SD) | 3.8 (1.3) | 4.2 (1.4) | 4.9 (1.5) | 4.6 (1.3) | 5.1 (1.4) | 5.5 (1.7) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.0002 |
Body fat(%) mean (SD) | 16.0 (6.8) n = 32 | 19.8 (4.0) n = 72 | 23.8 (3.4) n = 36 | 27.4 (4.4) n = 20 | 29.1 (3.6) n = 64 | 32.5 (4.4) n = 8 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.0055 |
c-reactive protein mean (SD) | 1.5 (2.6) n = 58 | 1.8 (3.9) n = 136 | 2.4 (6.0) n = 48 | 2.0 (2.3) n = 35 | 3.1 (2.6) n = 102 | 3.4 (3.6) n = 10 | 0.0331 | 0.0336 | 0.7612 |
Blood glucose mean (SD) | 87.2 (12.2) | 92.4 (20.8) | 94.8 (13.7) | 94.8 (21.8) | 97.7 (26.9) | 101.7 (19.1) | 0.0009 | 0.0105 | 0.8976 |