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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population stratified by sex

From: Visceral, general, abdominal adiposity and atherogenic index of plasma in relatively lean hemodialysis patients

Characteristic

Men (n = 551)

Women (n = 358)

P value

Age (years)

56(43,67)

57(44,70)

NS

Age ≥ 40 years(%)

80.5

80.1

NS

History of smoking (%)

55.5

6.1

< 0.001

History of high blood pressure (%)

83.2

80.6

NS

History of diabetes N(%)

199(36%)

113(31%)

NS

Waist circumference (cm)

82.7(76.25,88.6)

79 (73.7,85.13)

< 0.001

Body mass index

21.45(19.59,23)

20.81(18.94,22.65)

< 0.001

Waist-to-Height Ratio

0.50 (0.46,0.54)

0.51(0.47,0.55)

< 0.001

Conicity index

1.27(1.21,1.33)

1.29(1.21,1.35)

NS

Visceral adiposity index

1.56(0.94,2.61)

2.32(1.43,3.72)

< 0.001

Lipid accumulation product

21.28(12,37.34)

31.92(17.6,52.5)

< 0.001

Atherogenic index of plasma

0.07 (−0.14,0.29)

0.07(− 0.13,0.29)

NS

Hypertriglyceridemic waist, %

8.8

21.7

< 0.001

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.27(0.93,1.86)

1.46(1.09,2.2)

< 0.001

High density lipoprotein (mmol/L)

1.08(0.88,1.3)

1.25(1.01,1.52)

< 0.001

Low density lipoprotein (mmol/L)

2.17(1.7,2.72)

2.34(1.78,3.01)

0.001

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

3.78(3.17,4.35)

4.24(3.65,5.03)

< 0.001

  1. Data are presented as n (%) or median and interquartile range. NS, non- significant (P > 0.05)