The First Step of Health Policy-Making for Lifestyle Modifications at Middle Age: Problem Identification in 40- to 60-Year-Old Population, Northern Iran

Table 4

Anthropometric variables, blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, and serum lipids profile of the participants.

Variables	Age groups		Total mean ± SD (min–max)	value
	40–49 years ()	50–60 years ()
BMI (kg/m^2)	28.2 ± 4.6	28.3 ± 4.2	28.3 ± 4.4 (19.2–46.5)	0.773
Body fat percentage	32.3 ± 9.3	30.9 ± 11.2	31.6 ± 10.3 (5.1–52.2)	0.240
Waist circumference (cm)	93.4 ± 10.4	95.7 ± 8.7	94.6 ± 9.6 (70.0–123.0)	0.032
Buttock circumference (cm)	108.0 ± 8.8	107.1 ± 8.7	107.6 ± 8.7 (88.5–138.0)	0.372
WHR	0.86 ± 0.07	0.89 ± 0.06	0.88 ± 0.07 (0.71–1.09)	<0.001
WHtR	0.56 ± 0.06	0.58 ± 0.06	0.57 ± 0.60 (0.42–0.76)	0.001
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	121.2 ± 15.4	128.4 ± 16.9	124.9 ± 16.6 (88–186)	<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	80.0 ± 9.9	81.1 ± 10.5	80.6 ± 10.3 (47–122)	0.347
FBS (md/dL)	95.5 ± 25.9	100.8 ± 34.5	98.3 ± 30.8 (60–330)	0.139
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	212.0 ± 48.0	219.8 ± 44.9	216.1 ± 46.5 (115–457)	0.149
TG (mg/dL)	186.3 ± 138.9	162.7 ± 92.3	173.9 ± 117.0 (37–1108)	0.084
HDL (mg/dL)	55.9 ± 15.7	58.4 ± 14.1	57.2 ± 14.9 (21–117)	0.149
LDL (mg/dL)	113.2 ± 30.0	119.1 ± 26.9	116.3 ± 28.6 (47–233)	0.075