Common Carotid Artery Diameter and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Overweight or Obese Postmenopausal Women
Table 1
Demographic, anthropometric and health characteristics by hormone therapy use.
Former users ()
Current users ()
valuea
Age, years
57.2 (55.2, 60.0)
56.5 (54.1, 59.2)
0.006
African American Race, %
16.9
7.2
0.008
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg
123.6 ± 13.0
123.7 ± 13.4
0.899
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg
76.7 ± 7.6
76.1 ± 8.0
0.349
Pulse pressure, mmHg
46.8 ± 10.5
47.7 ± 10.8
0.400
Body mass index, kg/m2
29.9 (27.6, 33.5)
30.0 (27.5, 33.4)
0.793
Weight, kg
79.4 (72.8, 9.0)
80.7 (72.6, 89.8)
0.849
Height, cm
163.3 ± 5.6
162.9 ± 5.9
0.493
Waist circumference, cm
105.5 ± 11.8
105.9 ± 10.7
0.520
Cholesterol, mg/dL
223.1 ± 29.0
212.5 ± 26.7
<0.0001
High density lipoprotein, mg/dL
56.8 (49.7, 67.0)
59.8 (51.8, 69.0)
0.052
Low density lipoprotein, mg/dL
137.1 ± 26.0
122.1 ± 22.8
<0.0001
Triglycerides, mg/dL
119.0 (94.5, 159.0)
130.5 (96.0, 173.5)
0.222
Glucose, mg/dL
97.3 ± 9.0
93.8 ± 9.0
<0.0001
Insulin, mg/dL
13.0 (9.9, 17.2)
11.6 (8.8, 15.8)
0.004
Current cigarette smoker, %
8.1
5.1
0.181
Antihypertensive medications, %
25.9
21.4
0.251
achi-square for categorical variables, -test and Wilcoxon rank sum tests for continuous variables. Mean ± standard deviation, median (25th, 75th percentile) or %.
