Association of hypoadiponectemia with smokeless/dipping tobacco use in young men

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of young adults in dipping tobacco users and nondippers

Characteristics	Dippers (n = 96)	Nondippers (n = 90)	p value
Age (years) mean ± SD	28.84 ± 4.77	28.41 ± 4.99	0.547
BMI, mean ± SD, kg/m²	23.07 ± 2.68	23.67 ± 1.46	0.060
Systolic blood pressure, mean ± SD, mmHg	119.8 ± 9.67	118.61 ± 8.51	0.379
Diastolic blood pressure, mean ± SD, mmHg	80.36 ± 9.60	79.5 ± 8.74	0.523
Random blood sugar, mean ± SD, mg/dl	101.79 ± 15.46	96.54 ± 10.06	0.013
Serum creatinine, mean ± SD, mg/dl	0.78 ± 0.09	0.78 ± 0.08	0.941
Total cholesterol, mean ± SD, mg/dl	161.38 ± 19.53	161.16 ± 25.22	0.947
TG, mean ± SD, mg/dl	127.39 ± 33.43	113.81 ± 28.57	0.003
HDL cholesterol, mean ± SD, mg/dl	48.28 ± 3.74	47.22 ± 6.48	0.171
LDL cholesterol, mean ± SD, mg/dl	113.10 ± 18.14	108.70 ± 23.11	0.149
Serum adiponectin, mean ± SD, μg/ml	3.23 ± 2.07	12.94 ± 10.50	0.0001

Abbreviations: BMI Body Mass Index, TG Triglycerides, HDL High Density Lipoproteins, LDL Low Density Lipoproteins. For these variables, data are presented as mean ± SD and student’s t- test was applied. The letters in bold shows the significant difference between the two study groups

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