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Table 5.2 Differences in arterial stiffness variables and skin fold thicknessbetween sexes ................................................................................................ 128Table 5.3 Relationship between arterial stiffness measures and body fatpercentage (correlations coefficients) ............................................................. 129Table 5.4 Relationship between arterial stiffness variables and fat percentage inboth sexes (correlation coefficients) ................................................................ 130Table 5.5 Relationship of physical activity with arterial stiffness and adiposityvariables.......................................................................................................... 131Table 6.1 Drugs that may cause ED ............................................................... 153Table 7.1 Comorbid cardiovascular conditions of the participants .................. 191Table 7.2 Drug administration in the participants ............................................ 192Table 7.3 Changes in erectile function questionnaires following CR ............... 194Table 7.4 The pulse wave analysis results following CR ................................ 1967.5 Correlations between erectitile dysfunction scores and arterial stiffnessvariables.......................................................................................................... 197Table 8.1 Comparison of the criteria of metabolic syndrome .......................... 218Table 8.2 Diet recommendations by ATP III.................................................... 235Table 9.1 Demographic and lifestyle details of the participants ...................... 269Table 9.2 Chi-squared ‘goodness of fit’ for the prevalence of cardiac risk factorsin participants .................................................................................................. 271Table 9.3 Percentage of participants’ abnormal lipid profile ............................ 271Table 9.4 Demographic details and prevalence of metabolic syndrome andother risks ....................................................................................................... 274Table 9.5 Relationship between the prevalence of MS and other cardiovascularrisks ................................................................................................................ 275xxiv

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