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Table 1 Characteristics of Kardiovize participants according to BMI categories

From: Obesity-induced nucleosome release predicts poor cardio-metabolic health

Characteristics

Normal weight (n = 40)

Overweight (n = 40)

Obese (n = 40)

p value

Age, years

44.0 (16.0)

48.0 (19.5)

49.0 (16.0)

0.393

Sex (% male)

54.3%

44.1%

50.0%

0.664

Waist circumference, cm

75.0 (14.0)

88.5 (11.0)

107.0 (15.0)

< 0.001

Hip circumference, cm

94.0 (5.0)

103.0 (5.0)

115.0 (12.0)

< 0.001

WHR

0.79 (0.13)

0.86 (0.12)

0.94 (0.10)

< 0.001

Body fat mass, %

19.0 (10.0)

25.9 (13.0)

38.1 (14.6)

< 0.001

Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg

112.5 (12.0)

119.8 (19.1)

125.0 (18.5)

< 0.001

Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg

76.5 (11.5)

81.0 (12.3)

83.5 (10.0)

< 0.001

Total cholesterol, nmol/L

5.3 (1.7)

5.8 (1.3)

4.8 (1.2)

0.011

HDL cholesterol, nmol/L

1.6 (0.5)

1.4 (0.4)

1.2 (0.4)

< 0.001

LDL cholesterol, nmol/L

2.9 (1.4)

3.7 (1.5)

2.9 (1.0)

0.006

Triglycerides, nmol/L

0.8 (0.8)

1.2 (0.5)

1.5 (1.0)

< 0.001

Glucose, nmol/L

4.7 (0.70)

5.0 (0.7)

5.2 (0.8)

< 0.001

AST, U/L

3.9 (0.7)

3.9 (2.2)

4.3 (1.9)

0.388

ALT, U/L

3.6 (1.3)

4.3 (2.4)

5.3 (3.5)

< 0.001

GGT, U/L

2.8 (3.1)

3.3 (2.5)

5.1 (6.3)

0.002

  1. Results are reported as median (interquartile range) or percentage. Statistical analysis were performed using Kruskal–Wallis or Chi-squared tests