| |
Men (n = 64)
|
Women (n = 59)
|
|---|
| |
Mean
|
SD
|
Mean
|
SD
|
|---|
|
Medscore (arbitrary units)
|
22.7
|
4.3
|
24.1¶
|
3.6
|
|
Age (years)
|
41.0
|
7.9
|
41.8
|
6.7
|
|
Body mass index (kg/m2)
|
30.8
|
4.4
|
29.6*
|
6.0
|
|
Body fat (%)
|
26.7
|
4.5
|
39.2*
|
6.2
|
|
Waist circumference (cm)
|
106.1
|
10.2
|
95.8*
|
11.5
|
|
LDL-C (mmol/l)
|
3.6
|
0.7
|
3.6
|
0.7
|
|
HDL-C (mmol/l)
|
1.1
|
0.2
|
1.4*
|
0.3
|
|
Total-C/HDL-C ratio
|
5.1
|
1.0
|
4.2*
|
0.9
|
|
Triglycerides (mmol/l)
|
1.9
|
0.9
|
1.5*
|
0.6
|
|
Fasting glucose (mmol/l)
|
5.3
|
0.5
|
5.2
|
0.7
|
- SD: Standard deviation.
- For percentage of body fat, n = 52 men and n =48 women.
- For lipid-lipoprotein variables and fasting glucose, n = 63 men and n = 58 women.
- *Values significantly different between men and women (P ≤0.05, Student’s t-test procedure).
-
¶Trend for a significant difference between men and women (P = 0.06, Student’s t-test procedure).
