Table 2 Patient Characteristics Expressed as Mean (95% Confidence Intervals)

Sex (% male)

26 (93)

27 (84)

7 (70)

0.199

Age (years)

56.3 (53.1, 59.4)^*✝

67.2 (64.3, 70.2)^✝

69.3 (64.1, 74.5)^*

0.326

< 0.001^**

BMI (kg.m⁻²)

29.0 (27.5, 30.5)

28.9 (27.5, 30.3)

30.9 (28.3, 33.4)

0.030

0.363

Waist circumference (cm)

101.3 (97.3, 105.4)

102.6 (98.7, 106.4)

108.1 (101.4, 114.9)

0.043

0.235

Waist to hip ratio (cm)

0.96 (0.93, 0.98)

0.98 (0.95, 1.00)

0.96 (0.92, 1.01)

0.018

0.553

Android fat %

45.0 (42.0, 48.0)

48.0 (45.2, 50.8)

47.9 (42.9, 52.9)

0.034

0.316

Total fat %

35.9 (32.2, 39.6)

37.3 (33.8, 40.7)

41.1 (34.8, 47.3)

0.029

0.371

Lean body mass (Kg)

55.0 (51.9, 58.1)^*✝

50.2 (47.3, 53.1)^✝

45.3 (40.1, 50.5)^*

0.145

0.005^**

Android/gynoid ratio

1.31 (1.24, 1.38)^*

1.26 (1.20, 1.32)^x

1.06 (0.95, 1.17)^*x

0.182

0.001^**

LVEF (%)

56.6 (54.0, 59.2)

54.3 (51.8, 56.6)

52.8 (48.5, 57.1)

0.043

0.232

Resting HR (bpm)

56 (52, 69)^*

59 (56, 63)^x

67 (61, 74)^*x

0.118

0.015^**

Resting SBP (mmHg)

130 (122, 137)

124 (117, 131)

138 (125, 150)

0.056

0.147

Resting DBP (mmHg)

85 (80, 89)

82 (77, 86)

73 (65, 81)

0.083

0.055

FEV₁/FVC ratio

0.78 (0.75, 0.81)

0.75 (0.72, 0.78)

0.75 (0.70, 0.80)

0.042

0.237

MI (%)

17 (61)

15 (47)

6 (60)

0.642

PCI (%)

8 (29)

11 (34)

1 (10)

Angina (%)

2 (7)

3 (9)

2 (20)

CABG (%)

1 (4)

3 (9)

1 (10)

Previous MI (%)

6 (21)

6 (19)

2 (20)

0.186

Type II diabetes (%)

3 (12)

6 (19)

5 (50)

0.028^**

Atrial fibrillation (%)

0 (0)

2 (6)

1 (10)

0.269

Smoker (%)

1 (4)

1 (3)

2 (20)

0.238

Ex-smoker (%)

16 (57)

16 (50)

7 (70)