Research Article
Socioeconomic Impact on the Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Wallonia, Belgium: A Population-Based Study
Table 2
Anthropometric, clinical, and biological characteristics by age category and gender in the NESCaV sample (
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| Characteristic | Age category (years) | valuea | valueb | 20–29 | 30–49 | 50–69 |
| Number of subjects (male/female) | 200 (100/100) | 436 (218/218) | 381 (188/193) | | | BMI (kg/m²) | | | | | | Male | 24.9 ± 0.5 | 26.5 ± 0.3 | 28.1 ± 0.3 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | Female | 23.3 ± 0.5 | 24.8 ± 0.3 | 26.9 ± 0.4 | WC (cm) | | | | | | Male | 84.9 ± 1.2 | 91.0 ± 0.8 | 98.4 ± 0.9 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | Female | 73.9 ± 1.0 | 79.3 ± 0.8 | 85.5 ± 1.0 | SBP (mmHg) | | | | | | Male | 127.4 ± 1.2 | 127.7 ± 0.9 | 134.8 ± 1.2 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | Female | 111.7 ± 1.2 | 114.0 ± 0.9 | 126.3 ± 1.2 | DBP (mmHg) | | | | | | Male | 74.4 ± 0.8 | 78.9 ± 0.7 | 82.7 ± 0.7 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | Female | 69.4 ± 1.0 | 73.8 ± 0.7 | 77.3 ± 0.8 | FPG (mg/dL) | | | | | | Male | 85.3 ± 0.6 | 91.4 ± 1.1 | 100.4 ± 2.3 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | Female | 79.8 ± 0.6 | 84.9 ± 0.9 | 91.5 ± 1.7 | HDL-C (mg/dL) | | | | | | Male | 57.0 ± 1.4 | 53.6 ± 0.9 | 54.5 ± 1.1 | 0.095 | <0.0001 | Female | 67.6 ± 1.4 | 66.6 ± 1.1 | 69.4 ± 1.3 | LDL-C (mg/dL) | | | | | | Male | 103.5 ± 3.1 | 126.0 ± 2.1 | 127.5 ± 2.6 | <0.0001 | 0.002 | Female | 96.5 ± 2.7 | 111.4 ± 2.0 | 130.9 ± 2.5 | TC (mg/dL) | | | | | | Male | 174.5 ± 3.3 | 198.9 ± 2.5 | 203.4 ± 2.9 | <0.0001 | 0.16 | Female | 179.0 ± 3.1 | 191.5 ± 2.4 | 217.9 ± 2.7 | TG (mg/dL) | | | | | | Male | 88.1 ± 5.7 | 115.8 ± 5.2 | 124.9 ± 5.3 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | Female | 88.5 ± 3.8 | 78.6 ± 2.7 | 102.6 ± 4.4 |
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Age effect, bgender effect.
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