Research Article
The Investigation of Sex Differences in the Effect of Body Mass Index
Table 1
The main characteristics of the study population.
| | Variables | Male | Female | total | P value |
| | Age(years) | 52.06 ±13.91 | 51.00 ±13.52 | 51.52±13.72 | 0.0021 | | Age categories (years) | | | | | | 17-45 | 987(14.17) | 1002(15.83) | 1899(30.00) | | | 45-68 | 1805(28.52) | 1914(30.24) | 3719(58.76) | | | 68 or above | 381(6.02) | 330(5.21) | 711(11.23) | | | Education status | | | | <0.0001 | | (1) Uneducated % | 568(8.97) | 1190(18.8) | 1758(27.77) | | | (2) Primary school % | 633(10.00) | 568(8.97) | 1201(30.28) | | | (3) Middle school % | 1234(19.49) | 1000(15.80) | 2234(35.29) | | | (4) High school or above % | 648(10.24) | 489(7.73) | 1137(17.96) | | | Height(cm) | 166.40 ± 6.60 | 155.69 ± 6.08 | 160.90 ± 8.29 | <0.0001 | | Weight(kg) | 67.15 ± 11.24 | 59.15 ± 9.42 | 63.04 ± 11.09 | <0.0001 | | BMI(kg/m2) | 21.74 ± 1.74 | 24.39 ± 3.54 | 24.29 ± 3.47 | 0.0264 | | Normal (BMI < 24),% | 1590(51.57) | 1648(50.75) | 3238(51.15) | | | Overweight (24≤BMI<28),% | 1100(35.68) | 1117(34.40) | 2217(35.02) | | | Obesity (BMI≥28),% | 393(12.75) | 482(14.84) | 875(13.82) | | | Hypertension % | 1749(27.63) | 1705(26.94) | 3454(54.57) | | | Smoking % | | | | <0.0001 | | (1)smoker | 2085(32.94) | 74(1.17) | 2159(34.11) | | | (2)non-smoker | 998(15.77) | 3173(50.13) | 4171(65.90) | | | Salt consumption | 9.70±8.11 | 9.64±7.19 | 9.67±7.65 | 0.7489 |
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Mean±SD represents statistical significance (p<0.05). |
