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Table 1 Sex-specific characteristics (N = 7,892)

From: Body mass index and waist circumference are independent risk factors for low vital capacity among Japanese participants of a health checkup: a single-institution cross-sectional study

 

Men

Women

Mean (± SD) or N (%)

Mean (± SD) or N (%)

Low %VC (<80) (N = 521)

Normal %VC (≥80) (N = 5006)

P

Low %VC (< 80) (N = 232)

Normal %VC (≥80) (N = 2133)

P a

Age (years)

55.2 (10.2)

48.4 (9.7)

**

53.1 (11.7)

47.5 (10.3)

**

Anthropometric measurements

 Body mass index (BMI)

24.4 (3.4)

23.5 (2.9)

**

21.9 (3.8)

21.1 (3.1)

**

 Waist circumference (cm)

87.9 (9.5)

85.2 (7.9)

**

80.4 (10.7)

78.0 (8.7)

**

Family history (present)

 Cardiovascular disease

75 (14.4)

601 (12.0)

 

39 (16.8)

307 (14.4)

 

 Cerebrovascular disease

90 (17.3)

750 (15.0)

 

43 (18.5)

355 (16.6)

 

 Diabetes mellitus

61 (11.7)

657 (13.1)

 

34 (14.7)

321 (15.0)

 

 Hypertension

108 (20.7)

1103 (22.0)

 

75 (32.3)

645 (30.2)

 

 Malignant neoplasm

193 (37.0)

1622 (32.4)

*

83 (35.8)

744 (34.9)

 

Atherosclerotic complications (present)

 Cardiovascular disease

17 (3.3)

77 (1.5)

**

5 (2.2)

5 (0.2)

**

 Cerebrovascular disease

10 (1.9)

19 (0.4)

**

4 (1.7)

2 (0.1)

**

% Vital capacity (%VC)

71.7 (7.4)

97.3 (11.2)

**

72.8 (6.0)

96.4 (10.9)

**

% Forced expiratory volume in 1 s (%FEV1.0)

83.2 (8.2)

85.4 (5.2)

**

85.2 (6.5)

86.5 (5.0)

**

Hypertension-related factors

 Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

125.3 (14.7)

120.6 (14.1)

**

116.3 (15.7)

111.4 (14.8)

**

 Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

77.0 (10.6)

76.1 (10.8)

 

71.4 (10.9)

68.6 (10.3)

**

 Antihypertensive drug use (yes)

117 (22.5)

514 (10.3)

**

28 (12.1)

107 (5.0)

**

Lipid-related items

 Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

212.0 (33.9)

209.5 (33.1)

 

215.6 (33.8)

211.4 (36.8)

 

 High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL)

61.0 (14.7)

64.3 (16.0)

**

77.4 (17.4)

80.0 (17.7)

*

 Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL)

127.8 (29.2)

125.4 (28.9)

 

124.5 (29.6)

119.1 (31.9)

*

 Triglycerides (mg/dL)

158.7 (136.3)

137.4 (100.1)

**

92.8 (46.8)

84.0 (52.1)

*

 Antidyslipidemic drug use (yes)

46 (8.8)

231 (4.6)

**

21 (9.1)

98 (4.6)

**

Diabetes-related items

 Hemoglobin A1c (%)

5.4 (0.8)

5.1 (0.6)

**

5.1 (0.5)

5.0 (0.4)

**

 Antidiabetic drug use (yes)

25 (4.8)

124 (2.5)

**

3 (1.3)

10 (0.5)

 

Healthy lifestyle characteristics

 Alcohol consumption (non-everyday drinker)

358 (68.7)

3438 (68.7)

 

216 (93.1)

1930 (90.5)

 

 Smoking behavior (non-current smoker)

294 (57.1)

3211 (65.9)

**

210 (92.5)

1890 (91.0)

 

Exercise frequency (two times or more per week)

452 (86.8)

4323 (86.4)

 

189 (81.5)

1836 (86.1)

 

 Sleep hours (7–9)

169 (32.9)

1107 (22.8)

**

48 (21.1)

552 (26.6)

 

 Breakfast (every morning)

441 (84.6)

4048 (80.9)

*

212 (91.4)

1885 (88.4)

 

 Snack between meals (no)

404 (77.5)

3954 (79.0)

 

144 (62.1)

1320 (61.9)

 

 Proportion of participants with 5 or 6 number of healthy lifestyle items

194 (37.9)

1790 (37.0)

 

109 (48.7)

1037 (50.3)

 
  1. *P < 0.05
  2. **P < 0.01
  3. aP values were estimated by a two-sided Student’s t test for continuous variables and the Chi square test for categorical variables