Table 1 General characteristics of study participants by tertiles of CRF

n

270

90

88

92

Height (cm)

168 ± 9.96

163 ± 9.57

166 ± 49

174 ± 7.93

< 0.001

Age (year)

36.7 ± 13.18

42.8 ± 13.78

35.2 ± 12.36

32.1 ± 11.02

< 0.001

FFM (kg)

50.1 ± 12.65

46.6 ± 11.40

47.2 ± 12.68

56.3 ± 11.49

< 0.001

FM (kg)

22.4 ± 9.39

27.9 ± 10.23

23.2 ± 7.27

16.3 ± 6.34

< 0.001

Weight (kg)

72.7 ± 16.06

74.5 ± 17.82

71.0 ± 16.34

72.6 ± 13.82

0.34

WC (cm)

 Men

93.9 ± 12.4

105 ± 12.7

100 ± 10.8

88.4 ± 9.74

< 0.001

 Women

86.3 ± 11.7

90.9 ± 12.3

83.3 ± 9.23

78.4 ± 8.21

< 0.001

WHR

0.90 ± 0.06

0.92 ± 0.05

0.91 ± 0.06

0.87 ± 0.06

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

25.6 ± 4.67

27.6 ± 5.36

25.3 ± 4.12

23.8 ± 3.62

< 0.001

Sex, male, n(%)

117(43.5%)

16(5.9%)

32(11.9%)

69(25.7)

< 0.001

Marital status,n(%)

< 0.001

 Single

115(43.3)

23(8.6)

36(13.5)

57(21.3)

 Married

152(56.7)

66(24.6)

51(19.0)

35(13.0)

Smoking, n(%)

0.33

 Non-smoker

233(86.9)

83(31.0)

75(28.0)

75(28.0)

 Former and current smoker

35(13.1)

6(2.20)

12(4.50)

17(6.30)

Physical activity, n(%)

< 0.001

 Low

103(38.4)

43(16.0)

39(14.6)

21(7.80)

 Medium

110(41.0)

37(13.8)

34(12.7)

39(14.6)

 high

55(20.5)

9(3.40)

14(5.20)

32(11.9)

Diabetes, yes, n(%)

9(3.40)

7(2.60)

2(0.70)

0(0.0)

0.01

CVD, yes, n(%)

5(1.90)

3(1.10)

1(0.40)

1(0.40)

0.43

Menopause status, yes,

n (%)

36(13.5)

34(12.7)

2(0.70)

0(0.0)

< 0.001