The Impact of Demographic Characteristics and Lifestyle in the Distribution of Cystatin C Values in a Healthy Greek Adult Population

Table 3

Mean values and standard deviation of serum cystatin C levels among subgroups of apparently healthy participants in the study.

	Cystatin C (mg/L)	𝑃
Gender		.04
Male	0.82 ± 0.13
Female	0.79 ± 0.12
Age group		<.001
18–44	0.77 ± 0.11
45–64	0.82 ± 0.13
≥65	0.98 ± 0.12
Overweight/obesity		.03
No	0.78 ± 0.12
Yes	0.82 ± 0.13
Current smoking		.001
No	0.78 ± 0.12
Yes	0.82 ± 0.13
Alcohol drinking		.61
0-1 drinks/week	0.80 ± 0.13
>1 drinks/week	0.79 ± 0.13
Physical activity		.95
Never/rare	0.80 ± 0.12
High activity	0.80 ± 0.13