Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Percentiles for skeletal muscle index, area and radiation attenuation based on computed tomography imaging in a healthy Caucasian population

 

All subjects (n = 420)

Men (n = 174)

Women (n = 246)

Age (years)

53 ± 12

52 ± 12

54 ± 11

Ethnicity*

 Dutch

395 (94.0%)

163 (93.7%)

232 (94.3%)

 European non-Dutch

11 (2.6%)

5 (2.9%)

6 (2.4%)

 Non-European

14 (3.3%)

6 (3.4%)

8 (3.3%)

Currently smoking (%)

113 (26.7%)

53 (30.5%)

60 (24.4%)

Anthropometric characteristics

 Height (cm)

174 ± 10

182 ± 8

168 ± 6

 Weight (kg)

78.9 ± 14.6

86.2 ± 12.3

72.0 ± 11.0

 Body mass index (kg/m2)

25.7 ± 3.5

26.1 ± 3.3

25.5 ± 3.7

Comorbidity for which use of maintenance medication†

 Hypertension

47 (11.2%)

21 (12.1%)

26 (10.6%)

 Hyperlipidemia

21 (5.0%)

6 (3.4%)

15 (6.1%)

 Asthma/COPD ‡ /allergic rhinitis

15 (3.6%)

3 (1.7%)

12 (4.9%)

 Depression/anxiety disorder

30 (7.1%)

8 (4.6%)

22 (8.9%)

 Hypothyroidism

17 (4.0%)

3 (1.7%)

14 (5.7%)

 Other

38 (9.0%)

15 (8.6%)

23 (9.3%)

  1. Characteristics are described using numbers (percentages) or mean ± standard deviation
  2. *Non-European Caucasians include Turkish (5), Moroccan (5), Egyptian (1), Russian (1), Iranian (1), and Australian (1)
  3. †The five most prevalent comorbidities are reported separately, “other” include other comorbidities for which use of systemic maintenance medication (except oral contraceptives)
  4. ‡ COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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