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Relationship between obesity indices and CVD risk factor variables in University of Crete medical students |
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| SBP (mmHg) |
DBP (mmHg) |
BG (mmol/l) |
TC (mmol/l) |
TG (mmol/l) |
HDL-C (mmol/l) |
LDL-C (mmol/l) |
TC:HDL-C |
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| Obesity index |
N1 |
Mean ± S.E.2 |
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| BMI (kg/m2) |
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| < 20.0 |
113 |
112 ± 1.2 |
75 ± 1.0 |
4.50 ± 0.06 |
4.56 ± 0.09 |
0.70 ± 0.04 |
1.36 ± 0.04 |
2.83 ± 0.09 |
3.56 ± 0.13 |
| 20.0–24.9 |
560 |
117 ± 0.5 |
76 ± 0.4 |
4.63 ± 0.03 |
4.57 ± 0.04 |
0.71 ± 0.02 |
1.30 ± 0.02 |
2.87 ± 0.04 |
3.66 ± 0.05 |
| 25.0–29.9 |
273 |
121 ± 0.8 |
79 ± 0.6 |
4.67 ± 0.04 |
4.74 ± 0.06 |
0.80 ± 0.02 |
1.24 ± 0.02 |
3.08 ± 0.06 |
4.07 ± 0.08 |
| ≥ 30.0 |
43 |
123 ± 1.9 |
82 ± 1.5 |
4.77 ± 0.10 |
4.89 ± 0.15 |
1.06 ± 0.06 |
1.25 ± 0.06 |
3.05 ± 0.15 |
4.17 ± 0.21 |
| p-value3 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
NS4 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
0.010 |
0.018 |
<0.001 |
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| WC (cm) |
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| < 905 – 806 |
716 |
116 ± 0.6 |
76 ± 0.4 |
4.58 ± 0.03 |
4.56 ± 0.04 |
0.69 ± 0.02 |
1.36 ± 0.02 |
2.84 ± 0.04 |
3.54 ± 0.05 |
| ≥ 90 – 80 |
273 |
120 ± 0.9 |
79 ± 0.6 |
4.64 ± 0.04 |
4.74 ± 0.06 |
0.89 ± 0.03 |
1.19 ± 0.02 |
3.05 ± 0.06 |
4.13 ± 0.08 |
| p-value7 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
NS |
0.011 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
0.002 |
<0.001 |
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| WHpR (cm/cm) |
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| < 0.95 – 0.86 |
690 |
117 ± 0.6 |
77 ± 0.4 |
4.59 ± 0.03 |
4.58 ± 0.04 |
0.69 ± 0.02 |
1.34 ± 0.02 |
2.88 ± 0.04 |
3.61 ± 0.06 |
| ≥ 0.9 – 0.8 |
299 |
119 ± 0.9 |
78 ± 0.7 |
4.68 ± 0.04 |
4.76 ± 0.07 |
0.88 ± 0.03 |
1.21 ± 0.03 |
3.09 ± 0.06 |
4.21 ± 0.09 |
| p-value7 |
NS |
NS |
NS |
0.019 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
0.003 |
<0.001 |
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| WHtR (cm/m) |
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| < 50.0 |
732 |
117 ± 0.5 |
76 ± 0.4 |
4.59 ± 0.03 |
4.54 ± 0.04 |
0.69 ± 0.02 |
1.34 ± 0.01 |
2.83 ± 0.04 |
3.57 ± 0.05 |
| ≥ 50.0 |
257 |
129 ± 0.9 |
79 ± 0.7 |
4.64 ± 0.04 |
4.81 ± 0.07 |
0.88 ± 0.03 |
1.25 ± 0.02 |
3.09 ± 0.06 |
4.12 ± 0.08 |
| p-value3 |
0.022 |
0.001 |
NS |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
0.001 |
<0.001 |
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1 For BG the sample sizes are: N = 79, N = 408, N = 210, and N = 30 respectively for the BMI categories; N = 527 and N = 200 for the WC categories; N = 508 and N = 219 for the WHpR categories; N = 532 and N = 195 for the WHtR categories. 2 Standard error of the mean. 3 F-statistic from ANCOVA including age, sex, tobacco use, and the year of examination as covariates. 4 Not significant. 5 Male-specific cut-off value. 6 Female-specific cut-off value. 7 F-statistic from ANCOVA including age, tobacco use, and the year of examination as coviariates. | |||||||||
Bertsias et al. BMC Public Health 2003 3:3 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-3-3 |
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