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Basic characteristics of the study groups. Results are presented as means (SD) or percentages and mmol/L for lipids. |
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| New Guineans (N = 108) |
Swedish controls (N = 109) |
P |
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| aPC |
981 (283) |
740 (295) |
0.0001 |
| Age (years) |
59.9 (11.1) |
59.7 (10.6) |
0.85 |
| Sex (% males) |
70 |
70 |
0.97 |
| SBP (mmHg) |
118.6 (18.0) |
135.3 (18.2) |
0.0001 |
| DBP (mmHg) |
70.0 (7.1) |
77.3 (9.4) |
0.0001 |
| BMI |
18.8 (2.2) |
25.8 (4.1) |
0.0001 |
| Waist |
70.9(4.4) |
87.2(10.9) |
0.0001 |
| Smokers (%) |
75.2 |
24.7 |
0.0001 |
| Total Cholesterol |
5.1 (1.2) |
5.8 (0.9) |
0.0001 |
| HDL |
1.07 (0.15) |
1.14 (0.26) |
0.04 |
| LDL |
3.5 (1.1) |
4.0 (0.88) |
0.0001 |
| Triglycerides |
1.2 (0.46) |
1.3 (0.77) |
0.10 |
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SBP, systolic blood pressure DBP, diastolic blood pressure BMI, body mass index HDL, high density lipoprotein LDL, low density lipoprotein | |||
Frostegård et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2007 4:7 doi:10.1186/1743-7075-4-7 |
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