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Table 1 Participant characteristics by gender

From: Diabetes, gender, and left ventricular structure in African-Americans: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study

 

Men (N = 514)

Women (N = 965)

Age – years

58.4 (5.8)

58.6 (5.6)

Diabetes (%)

98 (19%)

232 (24%)†

Obesity (%)

152 (30%)

509 (53%)§

Hypertension (%)

275 (53%)

576 (60%)†

Height – m

1.76 (0.07)

1.63 (0.06)§

Body Mass Index – kg/m2

28.1 (4.8)

31.2 (6.2)§

Systolic Blood Pressure – mmHg

130 (20)

131 (20)

Glucose – mg/dL

120 (57)

122 (56)

Smokers (%)

139 (27%)

145 (15%)§

Metabolic Syndrome|| (%)

185 (36%)

501 (52%)§

  1. Expressed as N (%) or mean (standard deviation);
  2. P values testing the difference between genders: † <0.05; ‡ <0.01; § <0.001;
  3. || Adapted from NCEP criteria [37].
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