Table 3—

Age-, BMI-, and HOMA-IR–adjusted mean levels of selected risk factors according to sex and case/control status

	Women					Men					P value for interaction*
		Case subjects	Control subjects	P value	Case subjects	Control subjects	P value				P value for interaction*
n	52	156		39	117
Waist (cm)	87.7	85.8	0.056	93.2	92.5	0.511	0.354
CRP (μg/ml)	4.5	4.1	0.457	2.8	2.2	0.110	0.845
Interleukin-6 (pg/ml)	2.8	2.9	0.762	1.9	2.2	0.225	0.458
E-selectin (ng/ml)	51.2	45.5	0.062	40.5	43.2	0.374	0.036
sICAM-1 (ng/ml)	273.0	254.5	0.036	254.8	264.0	0.374	0.010
PAI-1 (ng/ml)	34.6	27.0	0.003	26.8	31.7	0.097	0.001
Adiponectin (ng/ml)	9.6	11.1	0.055	6.8	6.9	0.903	0.131
ln triglycerides (mg/dl)	4.6	4.5	0.230	4.7	4.6	0.363	0.306
ln ACR (mg/g)	1.6	1.5	0.783	1.7	1.8	0.523	0.765
Hypertension (%)†	44.5	28.8	0.035	63.6	54.8	0.306	0.331

Data are means.
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↵* Interaction of sex by case-control status.
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↵† Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg or receiving treatment.