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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Anthropometric indices as predictors of hypertension among men and women aged 40–69 years in the Korean population: the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study

Variables

Men (n = 2,128)

Women (n = 2,326)

P value

Age (years)

50.33 ± 8.38

50.21 ± 8.30

0.6306

BMI (kg/m2)

23.93 ± 2.86

24.36 ± 3.09

<.0001

WC (cm)

82.45 ± 7.33

79.88 ± 9.12

<.0001

WHR

0.88 ± 0.06

0.86 ± 0.08

<.0001

WHtR

0.49 ± 0.04

0.52 ± 0.06

<.0001

SBP (mmHg)

113.80 ± 10.61

111.60 ± 11.90

<.0001

DBP (mmHg)

76.77 ± 7.39

73.73 ± 8.13

<.0001

FBG (mg/dl)

86.30 ± 15.40

82.20 ± 13.68

<.0001

TC (mg/dl)

190.40 ± 34.09

186.30 ± 33.21

<.0001

LDL-C (mg/dl)

115.20 ± 31.86

113.70 ± 29.26

0.1050

HDL-C (mg/dl)

43.66 ± 9.87

46.34 ± 9.66

<.0001

TG (mg/dl)

166.30 ± 106.20

133.10 ± 72.34

<.0001

Diabetes mellitus

142 (6.67)

120 (5.16)

0.0320

Drinker

1,511 (71.01)

663 (28.50)

<.0001

Smoker

1,068 (50.19)

77 (3.31)

<.0001

  1. BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR. Waist-to-height ratio.
  2. SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FBG, fasting blood glucose; TC, total cholesterol.
  3. LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglycerides.
  4. Values are mean ± standard deviation or n (%).
  5. P values are from t-tests or chi-square tests for analysis of variance for continuous variables and categorical variables.