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Table 4 Physical health parameters across genders

From: Validation of the Finnish Health Improvement Profile (HIP) with patients with severe mental illness

Item

Female

Mean (SD) a

Md (IQR) b

Male

Mean (SD) a

Md (IQR) b

p-value

BMIa

33.5 (7.02)

29.1 (6.40)

0.04*

Temperaturea

36.4 (0.47)

36.4 (0.39)

0.93

LDL cholesterola

2.8 (0.84)

3.1 (1.07)

0.61

Waist circumferenceb

110.0 (22)

100.1 (28)

0.15

Pulseb

78.0 (11)

79.0 (39)

0.47

Systolic blood pressureb

114.0 (15)

119.0 (11)

0.31

Diastolic blood pressureb

77.0 (14)

81.0 (21)

0.88

Total cholesterolb

4.7 (1.8)

5.2 (2.6)

0.82

HDL cholesterolb

1.4 (0.4)

1.2 (0.8)

0.07

Triglyseridsb

1.5 (1.2)

1.9 (2.9)

0.46

Glucoseb

5.9 (1.4)

6.2 (1.3)

0.50

  1. aIndependent samples t-test, mean (SD, standard deviation) and p-value
  2. bNon parametric Mann-Whitney U-test, Md, median (IQR, interquartile range) and p-value
  3. *Statistical significance at p < 0.05
  4. BMI body mass index.
  5. LDL low-density cholesterol.
  6. HDL high-density cholesterol.