Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

Age years (mean, SD)

39.8 (11.5)

38.5 (10.8)

0.17

Current tobacco use (n, %)

144 (47.2)

54 (18.6)

<0.001

BMI Kg/m² (Mean, SD)

22.5 (3.9)

23.6 (5.1)

0.005

WC cm (Mean, SD)

82.5 (11.7)

77.9 (12.4)

<0.001

SBP mmHG (Mean, SD)

126.6 (15.1)

123.6 (19.1)

0.02

DBP mmHG (Mean, SD)

77.9 (10.9)

79.5 (12.0)

0.13

PG mg/dl (Mean, SD)

98.3 (31.4)

95.2 (32.5)

0.24

TC mg/dl (mean, SD)

174.9 (43.8)

174.2 (43.1)

0.85

TAG mg/dl (median, IQR)

117.0 (79.0-164.0)

89.5 (66.8-126.0)

<0.001

HDL-c mg/dl (mean, SD)

43.4 (11.2)

46.3 (11.7)

0.002

TC/HDL-c (mean, SD)

4.3 (1.6)

4.0 (1.6)

0.04

Diabetes (n, %)

36 (11.8)

18 (6.2)

0.02

Hypertension (n, %)

100 (32.8)

85 (29.3)

0.38

Dyslipidemia (n, %)

87 (28.9)

54 (19.0)

0.007

CRP mg/L (median, IQR)

1.1 (0.40-2.10)

1.2 (0.30-3.10)

0.30