Table 1 Participants’ demographic characteristics, according to gender: the CASPIAN-V study

Age, years^a

12.18(3.04)

12.32(3.01)

11.99(3.07)

< 0.001

Region^b

0.79

 Urban

1850(71.3)

1022(71.5)

828(71)

 Rural

746(28.7)

408(28.5)

338(29)

PA^b

0.01

 Low

817(33.4)

417(31.2)

400(36.1)

 Moderate

794(32.5)

435(32.6)

359(32.4)

 High

833(34.1)

483(36.2)

350(31.6)

ST^b

0.24

 Low

2164(85.5)

1179(84.8)

985(86.4)

 High

367(14.5)

212(15.2)

155(13.6)

SES^b

< 0.001

 Low

808(32.6)

405(29.4)

403(36.6)

 Moderate

827(33.4)

496(36)

331(30.1)

 High

843(34)

477(34.6)

366(33.3)

WC, cm^a

66.75(12.38)

67.31(13.02)

66.05(11.51)

< 0.001

Vitamin D ng/dl^a

25.94(11.33)

26.11(11.10)

25.74(11.62)

0.40

SBP, mmHg^a

98.45(12.98)

99.14(13.16)

97.59(12.72)

< 0.001

DBP, mmHg^a

63.46(10.15)

63.64(10.39)

63.25(9.86)

0.32

HDL-C, mg/dl^a

46.62(10.12)

46.72(10.24)

46.49(9.96)

0.55

TG, mg/dl^a

86.45(46.93)

84.86(46.19)

88.41(47.78)

0.05

FBG, mg/dl^a

91.99 (12.48)

92.35 (13.25)

91.56 (11.45)

0.11