PubMed Central, : RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2025; 16(4): e0020. ISSN: 2076-9172Published online 2025 October 31. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10555

Table 1.

Study Population Characteristics.

Demographics and Blood Tests	Male (n=83,282) Mean±SD	Female (n=56,352) Mean±SD	P-value
Age (years)	41.4±10.7	40.1±10.4	<0.001

Height (cm)	173.8±7.1	161.2±6.5	<0.001

Weight (kg)	83.2±14.6	66.3±13.9	<0.001

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	126.2±15.9	115.6±15.7	<0.001

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	76.6±10.9	71.1±10.7	<0.001

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	199.6±38.6	194.6±36.9	<0.001

HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	50.0±7.7	54.7±9.2	<0.001

LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	122.6±37.4	121.5±37.1	<0.001

Triglycerides (mg/dL)	133.8±95.6	90.8±49.7	<0.001

Glucose (mg/dL)	93.0±25.4	86.8±18.1	<0.001

Specific variables	%	%	P-value

Age			<0.001
<30 years	15.1	18.0
30–39 years	29.6	31.0
40–49 years	30.2	30.3
50–59 years	20.9	17.7
60–69 years	4.2	3.0

Social class			<0.001
Social class I	7.5	13.6
Social class II	23.8	32.1
Social class III	68.7	54.1

Education			<0.001
Elementary school	66.4	48.1
High school	26.9	40.0
University	6.7	11.9

Smoker			<0.001
No	66.8	67.9
Yes	33.2	32.1

Physical activity			<0.001
No	62.4	51.4
Yes	37.6	48.6

Mediterranean diet			<0.001
No	65.8	52.8
Yes	34.2	47.2

Alcohol consumption			<0.001
No	67.3	84.4
Yes	32.7	15.6

HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; SD, standard deviation; REGICOR, Registre Gironí del Cor; SCORE2, Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation; SD, standard deviation.