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Table 1 Comparisons of demographic and clinical characteristics between normal and adenoma groups

From: The association of serum lipids with the histological pattern of rectosigmoid adenoma in Taiwanese adults

Variables

Normal (n = 2120)

Adenoma (n = 386)

P* value

Age (years)

49.6 ± 12.4

56.0 ±10.8

<0.001

Male, N (%)

1239 (58.4%)

272(70.5%)

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

24.5 ± 3.4

25.2 ±3.4

<0.001

WC (cm)

84.3 ± 10.4

87.5 ±10.4

<0.001

Fasting glucose (mg/dL)

93.3 ± 22.8

100.9 ±28.3

<0.001

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

194.7 ± 36.9

200.3 ±38.5

0.007

Triglyceride(mg/dL)

129.4 ± 79.2

146.0 ±83.7

<0.001

HDL-C (mg/dL)

45.5 ± 11.8

43.7 ±11.8

0.005

SBP (mmHg)

117.4 ± 20.4

122.6 ±17.2

<0.001

DBP (mmHg)

68.8 ± 13.9

72.0 ±10.0

<0.001

General obesity‡, N (%)

869 (41.0%)

194(50.3%)

0.001

Abdominal obesity§, N (%)

894 (42.2%)

202(52.3%)

<0.001

Hypertension, N (%)

478 (22.5%)

124(32.1%)

<0.001

Diabetes mellitus, N (%)

304 (14.3%)

99(25.6%)

<0.001

Smoking, N (%)

616 (29.1%)

144(37.3%)

0.001

Alcohol consumption, N (%)

489 (23.1%)

139(36.0%)

<0.001

  1. ‡General obesity: BMI≧25 kg/m2. §Abdominal obesity: waist circumference of men ≧90 cm or waist circumference of women ≧80 cm*P value of independent t-test or Chi-square test. BMI, body mass index. WC, waist circumference. HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol. SBP, systolic blood pressure. DBP, diastolic blood pressure.