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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics

From: Association between fat amount of dairy products with pulse wave velocity and carotid intima-media thickness in adults

Age (years)

55.85 ± 12.21

Males (n, %)

107 (40.7)

Hypertension (n, %)

75 (28.5)

Diabetes (n, %)

17 (6.5)

Dyslipidemia (n, %)

72 (27.4)

Smoking (n, %)

54 (20.5)

BMI (kg/m2)

27.29 ± 4.31

Office systolic blood pressure. (mmHg)

122.3 ± 17.9

Office diastolic blood pressure. (mmHg)

77.6 ± 10.8

Antihypertensive drugs (n, %)

76 (28.9)

Lipid-lowering drugs (n, %)

45 (17.1)

Antidiabetic drugs (n, %)

12 (4.6)

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

212.6 ± 37.9

LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

132.2 ± 33.4

Mean IMT (mm)

0.68 ± 0.10

PWV (m/sec)

7.60 ± 2.00

Energy intake (Kcal/day)

2623.6 ± 671.48

Whole-fat dairy (g/day)

102.2 ± 169.6

Low-fat dairy (g/day)

164.1 ± 222.9

  1. Continuous variables are expressed as mean ± standard deviation and frequency distribution was used in categorical variables.
  2. BMI: body mass index; IMT: Intima Media Thickness; PWV: pulse wave velocity.