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Table 1 Anthropometric, biochemical, and clinical characteristics of the genotyped subjects

From: Association study of APOE gene polymorphisms with diabetes and the main cardiometabolic risk factors, in the Algerian population

Parameters

All (n = 787)

Men (n = 378)

Women (n = 409)

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p

Age (years)

44.0

10.1

45.0

10.9

43.0

9.3

0.007*

Height (cm)

165.5

9.6

172.8

6.4

158.6

6.7

4.9 × 10 −135*

Weight (kg)

71.3

14.6

73.5

14.2

69.3

14.7

5 × 10 −5*

BMI (kg/m2)

26.1

5.1

24.6

4.2

27.5

5.5

1.5 × 10 −16*

Waist (cm)

87.7

12.4

89.1

11.5

86.4

13.0

2.2 × 10 −3*

Waist-to-hip ratio

0.86

0.09

0.90

0.07

0.83

0.09

1.8 × 10 −32*

Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)

5.34

1.85

5.49

1.84

5.20

1.85

0.001*

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.45

0.91

4.45

0.76

4.44

1.03

0.92

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.17

0.51

1.21

0.55

1.13

0.47

0.04*

HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.25

0.31

1.27

0.30

1.23

0.32

0.10

LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

2.68

0.87

2.64

0.73

2.72

1.10

0.19

SBP (mmHg)

123.6

18.1

125.4

17.7

122.1

18.4

0.01*

DBP (mmHg)

76.9

9.9

77.7

9.7

76.1

10.0

0.02*

  1. BMI body mass index, DBP diastolic blood pressure, SBP systolic blood pressure. p value when comparing men with women subjects (general linear model). Data are expressed as the mean and SD, Significant p values are indicated in italics with an asterisk