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Table 1 General characteristics of the study population

From: Sex differences in the associations between adiposity distribution and cardiometabolic risk factors in overweight or obese individuals: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Male

Female

Total

P value

Age(years)

33 (29,39)

37 (30,45)

35 (30,43)

< 0.001

Height(cm)

173 (169.1177.6)

159.4 (155.8163.5)

163.7 (158.1171.1)

< 0.001

Weight(kg)

88.4 (78.7,99.6)

71.9 (65.9,79.8)

77 (68.9,88.8)

< 0.001

WC(cm)

98.5 (93.2107)

91.1 (86,98.3)

94.2 (87.8101.7)

< 0.001

BMI(kg/m2)

29.4 (26.9,32.3)

28 (26.1,30.9)

28.5 (26.3,31.4)

< 0.001

Time of sedentary behavior(min)

360 (240,480)

330 (190,480)

360 (210,480)

0.161

Physical activity(MET-min/week)

1188 (495,2376)

1253 (594,2424)

1244 (570,2376)

0.696

Total and regional PBF

Arm PBF(%)

29.3 (25.8,32.8)

43.5 (40.6,46.9)

40.2 (31.6,44.8)

< 0.001

Thigh PBF(%)

27.3 (24.6,30.7)

38.6 (35.3,41.4)

35.2 (28.7,39.7)

<0.001

Trunk PBF(%)

40.4 (36.2,44)

45.3 (41.7,49)

43.5 (39.4,47.6)

< 0.001

Android PBF(%)

43.9 (39.3,47.9)

47.2 (43.5,51.7)

46.1 (41.9,50.5)

< 0.001

Gynoid PBF(%)

30.1 (27.1,33.6)

41.7 (38.4,44.7)

38.3 (32.2,43)

< 0.001

Whole body PBF(%)

33.8 (30.9,36.8)

41.5 (38.8,44.5)

39.3 (34.9,42.9)

< 0.001

Continuous variables of cardiometabolic indicators

SBP (mmHg)

128 (120,138)

120 (112,129)

123 (115,133)

< 0.001

DBP (mmHg)

88 (80,94)

81 (75,89)

83 (78,91)

< 0.001

TG (mmol/L)

2.1 (1.49,2.91)

1.51 (1.19,1.99)

1.69 (1.27,2.36)

< 0.001

HDL (mmol/L)

1.11 (0.99,1.23)

1.24 (1.09,1.4)

1.18 (1.04,1.34)

< 0.001

GLU (mmol/L)

5.28 (4.93,5.71)

5.22 (4.89,5.68)

5.24 (4.91,5.69)

0.916

hsCRP (mg/L)

1.03 (0.57,2.09)

1.13 (0.52,2.27)

1.08 (0.53,2.23)

0.277

ADI (ug/ml)

2.04 (1.38,2.95)

2.65 (1.76,3.65)

2.43 (1.60,3.37)

< 0.001

Dichotomous variables of cardiometabolic risk factors

Cigarette Smoking

no

147 (46.7%)

547 (92.7%)

694 (76.7%)

< 0.001

yes

168 (53.3%)

43 (7.3%)

211 (23.3%)

Alcohol drinking

no

163 (51.7%)

532 (90.2%)

695 (76.8%)

< 0.001

yes

152 (48.3%)

58 (9.8%)

210 (23.2%)

MetS

no

170 (37.4%)

370 (48.3%)

540 (44.2%)

< 0.001

yes

285 (62.6%)

396 (51.7%)

681 (55.8%)

Central obesity

no

19 (4.2%)

34 (4.4%)

53 (4.3%)

0.828

yes

436 (95.8%)

732 (95.6%)

1168 (95.7%)

High TG

no

150 (33%)

465 (60.7%)

615 (50.4%)

< 0.001

yes

305 (67%)

301 (39.3%)

606 (49.6%)

Low HDL

no

337 (74.1%)

299 (39%)

636 (52.1%)

< 0.001

yes

118 (25.9%)

467 (61%)

585 (47.9%)

High glucose

no

317 (69.7%)

535 (69.8%)

852 (69.8%)

0.949

yes

138 (30.3%)

231 (30.2%)

369 (30.2%)

High BP

no

157 (34.5%)

460 (60.1%)

617 (50.5%)

< 0.001

yes

298 (65.5%)

306 (39.9%)

604 (49.5%)

high hsCRP

no

396 (87.2%)

626 (82.3%)

1022 (84.1%)

0.022

yes

58 (12.8%)

135 (17.7%)

193 (15.9%)

low ADI

no

57 (18.3%)

188 (32.2%)

245 (27.3%)

< 0.001

yes

255 (81.7%)

396 (67.8%)

651 (72.7%)

≥2 risk factors

no

41 (10.0%)

114 (16.9%)

115 (14.3%)

0.002

yes

368 (90%)

561 (83.1%)

929 (85.7%)

  1. WC waist circumference, BMI body mass index, PBF percentage of body fat, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, TG triglyceride, HDL High-density lipids cholesterol, GLU Glucose, hsCRP high sensitivity C-reactive protein, ADI Adiponectin, BP blood pressure, MetS Metabolic syndrome