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Table 1 Anthropometric characteristics and platelet parameters of study participants

From: Sex differences in the associations of body size and body shape with platelets in the UK Biobank cohort

 

Women

Men

 

Overall

Pre-MP

Post-MP

Overall

 < 52 years

 ≥ 52 years

Cohort: n (% sex)

125,435 (52.2)

37,917 (30.2)

75,491 (60.2)

114,760 (47.8)

44,593 (38.9)

70,167 (61.1)

Age (years)a,***

55.5 (7.9)

46.6 (3.9)

60.1 (5.3)

55.0 (8.1)

46.3 (3.3)

60.4 (4.8)

Anthropometric characteristicsa,***

 BMI (kg/m2)

26.2 (4.4)

25.9 (4.6)

26.2 (4.3)

27.1 (3.7)

27.3 (3.9)

27.0 (3.6)

 Weight (kg)

69.7 (12.3)

70.0 (12.9)

69.2 (11.8)

84.5 (12.9)

86.0 (13.5)

83.6 (12.5)

 Height (cm)

163.1 (6.2)

164.4 (6.2)

162.4 (6.1)

176.5 (6.7)

177.6 (6.7)

175.8 (6.6)

 WC (cm)

82.4 (11.1)

81.0 (11.1)

82.8 (10.9)

94.8 (10.1)

94.1 (10.3)

95.1 (10.0)

 HC (cm)

102.1 (9.1)

101.7 (9.3)

102.0 (8.9)

102.6 (6.7)

103.0 (6.8)

102.4 (6.6)

 ABSI

73.3 (4.8)

72.4 (4.6)

73.8 (4.9)

79.2 (4.0)

78.2 (3.9)

79.9 (4.0)

 HI

64.3 (2.4)

64.1 (2.4)

64.4 (2.4)

49.1 (1.6)

49.0 (1.6)

49.2 (1.6)

BMI categoryb,***

 18.5 to < 25 kg/m2

57,521 (45.9)

19,175 (50.6)

33,634 (44.6)

34,326 (29.9)

13,116 (29.4)

21,210 (30.2)

 25 to < 30 kg/m2

45,845 (36.5)

12,353 (32.6)

28,941 (38.3)

58,546 (51.0)

22,322 (50.1)

36,224 (51.6)

 30 to < 45 kg/m2

22,069 (17.6)

6389 (16.8)

12,916 (17.1)

21,888 (19.1)

9155 (20.5)

12,733 (18.1)

Body shape phenotypesb,***

 Pear

33,369 (26.6)

11,402 (30.1)

18,775 (24.9)

30,990 (27.0)

14,170 (31.8)

16,820 (24.0)

 Slim

28,836 (23.0)

10,566 (27.9)

15,501 (20.5)

35,393 (30.8)

16,339 (36.6)

19,054 (27.2)

 Wide

36,548 (29.1)

8711 (23.0)

24,404 (32.3)

30,391 (26.5)

8613 (19.3)

21,778 (31.0)

 Apple

26,682 (21.3)

7238 (19.1)

16,811 (22.3)

17,986 (15.7)

5471 (12.3)

12,515 (17.8)

Platelet parametersc,***

 Platelet count (109/L)

259 (166 to 403)

262 (166 to 413)

257 (166 to 398)

234 (150 to 365)

238 (154 to 367)

231 (148 to 363)

 MPV (fL)

9.31 (7.47 to 11.59)

9.41 (7.55 to 11.72)

9.26 (7.44 to 11.53)

9.20 (7.41 to 11.42)

9.24 (7.45 to 11.44)

9.18 (7.38 to 11.41)

 PDW (%)

16.41 (15.47 to 17.41)

16.39 (15.46 to 17.38)

16.42 (15.48 to 17.41)

16.54 (15.57 to 17.58)

16.52 (15.55 to 17.55)

16.56 (15.58 to 17.59)

  1. ABSI a body shape index (cutoffs ≥ 73 for women, ≥ 80 for men); Apple large-ABSI–small-HI; BMI body mass index; HC hip circumference; HI hip index (cutoffs ≥ 64 for women, ≥ 49 for men); MPV mean platelet volume; PDW platelet distribution width (coefficient of variation of platelet size); Pear small-ABSI–large-HI; Post-MP post-menopausal women; Pre-MP pre-menopausal women; Slim small-ABSI–small-HI; WC waist circumference; Wide large-ABSI–large-HI
  2. aMean (standard deviation)
  3. bCount (percentage from total per column)
  4. cGeometric mean (reference range)
  5. ***Pairwise comparisons for men vs. women overall, Post-MP vs. Pre-MP women, and men ≥ 52 years vs. < 52 years were performed with t test for continuous variables (log-transformed platelet parameters) or χ2-test for categorical variables. All comparisons were significant at p < 1 × 10–6
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Biology of Sex Differences

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