Table 2 Blood pressure and concentration of haemoglobin, blood glucose, serum lipids, blood Cd and CIMT of young adults from Padang
From: Blood Cd levels and carotid intima-media thickness in young adults living in Padang, Indonesia
Variable | All (n = 156) | Male (n = 85) | Female (n = 71) | p-value# | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Min | Max | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | ||
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 115.1 (14.7) | 80 | 167 | 122.8 (12.9) | 105.8 (10.6) | < 0.001 | |||
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 71.1 (9.4) | 45 | 107.5 | 72.4 (10.2) | 69.4 (8.2) | 0.04 | |||
Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 14.4 (2.3) | 9.1 | 18.2 | 15.7 (1.8) | 12.8 (1.7) | < 0.001 | |||
Blood glucose (mg/dL) | 78.5 (8.6) | 55.4 | 97.4 | 80.3 (8.4) | 76.5 (8.4) | 0.01 | |||
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 165.8 (29.5) | 82.2 | 267.1 | 166.2 (29.1) | 165.4 (30) | 0.88 | |||
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 70.9 (22.7) | 31.1 | 173.7 | 71.6 (21.6) | 70.1 (24.1) | 0.69 | |||
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 71.3 (24.7) | 22.7 | 163.8 | 70.6 (22.9) | 72.1 (26.9) | 0.71 | |||
Blood Cd (μg/L) | 0.94 (1.07) | 0.61 (0.7) | 0.01 | 5.96 | 0.61 (− 0.99) | 0.59 (− 0.51) | 0.6 | ||
Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) | |||||||||
Common carotid artery (CCA) (mm) | 0.049 (0.007) | 0.033 | 0.07 | 0.052 (0.006) | 0.045 (0.007) | < 0.001 | |||
Internal carotid artery (ICA) (mm) | 0.045 (0.007) | 0.025 | 0.06 | 0.047 (0.006) | 0.042 (0.006) | < 0.001 | |||