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Table 1 Characteristics of the population at baseline

From: Low concentrations of serum testosterone predict acute myocardial infarction in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus

 

Men

Women

 
 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p

Age (y)

62.2

12.4

61.8

12.4

0.898

BMI (kg/m2)

26.4

3.29

26.5

4.66

0.700

WHR

0.93

0.06

0.81

0.07

<0.001

FB-glc (mmol/L)

5.1

1.4

4.9

1.1

0.046

Serum insulin (μUI/ml)

6.64

5.99

6.46

9.17

0.554

Homa-IR

1.5

1.5

1.3

1.2

0.045

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

137

21.0

139

22.7

0.448

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

78

9.9

75

11

<0.001

Cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.9

1.4

6.1

1.7

0.532

Hormones

     

Testosterone (mmol/L)

13.5

4.36

1.00

0.62

<0.001

Free testosterone (mmol/L)

0.26

0.08

0.014

0.01

<0.001

SHBG (mmol/L)

39.2

16.5

54.4

26.1

<0.001

 

N

%

N

%

 

Hypertension

126

22

117

22

0.899

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

51

9.8

40

7.3

0.063

Smoking

115

23

101

19

0.071

History of AMI

37

6.9

27

4.7

0.137

  1. General linear models were used to estimate the difference between men and women, respectively
  2. SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, FB-glc fasting blood glucose, Homa-Ir homeostasis model of assessment - insulin resistance, BP blood pressure, AMI acute myocardial infarction