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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of men according to fit-fat index levels (tertiles)

From: Combined association of fitness and central adiposity with health-related quality of life in healthy Men: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

All men

1st tertile (Low)

2nd tertile (Moderate)

3rd tertile (High)

P value a

n

709

236

236

237

-

Age (years)

31.6 ± 7.4

34.8 ± 6.5

32.4 ± 7.2

27.7 ± 6.6

<0.001

FFI, median

21.7

17.1

21.7

27.0

<0.001

CRF (METmax)

11.4 ± 1.5

9.8 ± 0.9

11.4 ± 0.7

12.9 ± 1.0

<0.001

Waist/Height ratio

0.53 ± 0.07

0.59 ± 0.05

0.53 ± 0.03

0.46 ± 0.04

<0.001

Height (cm)

176.8 ± 8.4

176.2 ± 9.1

176.0 ± 7.5

178.4 ± 8.2

0.002

Waist circumference (cm)

92.8 ± 11.4

103.7 ± 8.2

92.6 ± 6.3

82.3 ± 7.6

<0.001

Body mass index (kg/m2)

28.7 ± 4.3

32.7 ± 3.4

28.5 ± 2.5

25.0 ± 2.7

<0.001

PCS

52.3 ± 7.3

50.1 ± 7.9

52.5 ± 7.1

54.4 ± 6.2

<0.001

MCS

51.3 ± 8.2

50.2 ± 8.4

51.2 ± 8.2

52.4 ± 8.1

0.02

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

124.1 ± 11.6

126.9 ± 11.8

123.5 ± 11.3

121.9 ± 11.2

<0.001

Current smokers, n (%)

164 (23.1)

55 (23.3)

60 (25.4)

49 (20.7)

0.47

Current drinkers, n (%)

19 (2.7)

8 (3.4)

6 (2.5)

5 (2.1)

0.68

  1. FFI fit-fat index, CRF cardiorespiratory fitness (METmax), PCS physical component summary, MCS mental component summary
  2. Data are means ± SD, unless otherwise specified
  3. a one-way ANOVA for continuous variables and χ2 test for categorical variables