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Table 1 Background characteristics of students

From: Cardiovascular disease risk factors among undergraduate medical students in a tertiary care centre of eastern India: a pilot study

Variable

Male (n = 263)

Female (n = 170)

Total (n = 433)

Significance

Age (years)

22.5 ± 1.9

21.8 ± 2.2

22.2 ± 2.1

0.001*

Junior

197 (74.9)

100 (58.8)

297 (68.6)

0.001*

Senior

66 (25.1)

70 (41.2)

136 (31.4)

 

Urban

152 (57.8)

117 (68.8)

269 (62.1)

0.02*

Rural

111 (42.2)

53 (31.2)

164 (37.9)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

25.5 ± 3.9

25.5 ± 3.7

25.5 ± 3.9

0.9

TG (mg/dL)

147.7 ± 74.6

125.8 ± 59.0

139.1 ± 36.7

0.001*

TC (mg/dL)

174.0 ± 39.5

162.2 ± 30.6

169.3 ± 36.7

0.001*

HDL (mg/dL)

51.7 ± 9.9

54.8 ± 9.4

52.9 ± 9.8

0.001*

LDL (mg/dL)

92.8 ± 34.7

82.2 ± 26.1

88.6 ± 32.0

0.001*

FPG (mg/dL)

98.0 ± 23.8

97.4 ± 20.7

97.8 ± 22.6

0.8

WHtR

0.48 ± 0.05

0.49 ± 0.05

0.49 ± 0.05

0.02*

SBP (mmHg)

127.3 ± 12.6

126.0 ± 12.5

126.8 ± 12.6

0.3

DBP (mmHg)

82.2 ± 7.3

78.6 ± 6.7

80.8 ± 7.3

 < 0.001*

Cardiovascular risk ratio

3.5 ± 1.1

3.1 ± 0.8

3.3 ± 1.0

 < 0.001*

  1. BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride
  2. *Test significant at p < 0.05. Continuous variables are expressed as mean ± SD (corrected up to 1st decimal) and discrete variables are expressed as n (%)