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. 2025 Jan 25;24:24. doi: 10.1186/s12944-025-02436-6

Table 2.

Weighted paticipants demographics and baseline characteristics

Variables Total (n = 3540) Normal (n = 2821) Deficiency (n = 719) Statistic P
Age 45 (31, 59) 43 (30, 58) 49 (36, 63) 4.08  < 0.0012
Glu(mg/dl) 95 (89, 104) 94 (88, 102) 101 (92, 118) 7.68  < 0.0012
TC(mg/dl) 183 (158, 210) 183 (158, 210) 185 (157, 210) 0.41 0.6832
LDL-c(mg/dl) 110 (87, 134) 110 (88, 134) 108 (83, 132) −1.00 0.3212
TG(mg/dl) 102 (70, 154) 96 (67, 145) 136 (93, 203) 11.10  < 0.0012
HDL-c(mg/dl) 46 (40, 55) 48 (41, 57) 41 (36, 50) −9.58  < 0.0012
Weight(kg) 86 (75, 100) 84 (73, 96) 101 (85, 117) 13.23  < 0.0012
Height(cm) 176 (171, 181) 176 (171, 181) 176 (171, 182) 0.38 0.7082
Poverty Ratio 2.98 (1.45, 5.00) 2.98 (1.44, 5.00) 2.99 (1.49, 4.86) −0.06 0.9492
ABSI 0.082 (0.079, 0.085) 0.081 (0.078, 0.085) 0.083 (0.081, 0.086) 6.15  < 0.0012
BMI 27.9 (24.6, 31.8) 27.2 (24.0, 30.7) 32.1 (28.3, 37.6) 14.31  < 0.0012
BRI 4.79 (3.68, 6.07) 4.55 (3.46, 5.71) 6.19 (4.88, 8.36) 13.75  < 0.0012
CI 7.53 (7.16, 7.88) 7.45 (7.10, 7.80) 7.85 (7.52, 8.19) 10.80  < 0.0012
LAP 41 (22, 75) 36 (20, 62) 76 (46, 124) 18.47  < 0.0012
METS-IR 2.36 (2.21, 2.52) 2.33 (2.19, 2.48) 2.52 (2.37, 2.70) 14.52  < 0.0012
METS-VF 6.47 (6.02, 6.78) 6.38 (5.87, 6.71) 6.75 (6.50, 6.98) 10.58  < 0.0012
TyG 8.51 (8.11, 8.98) 8.45 (8.05, 8.87) 8.91 (8.44, 9.41) 13.96  < 0.0012
TyG-BMI 239 (204, 281) 230 (197, 268) 289 (246, 340) 17.37  < 0.0012
TyG-WC 8.60 (7.48, 9.76) 8.35 (7.23, 9.36) 9.99 (8.97, 11.47) 17.64  < 0.0012
TyG-WHtR 4.91 (4.26, 5.57) 4.75 (4.13, 5.35) 5.68 (5.08, 6.53) 17.95  < 0.0012
VAI 1.31 (0.77, 2.36) 1.18 (0.73, 2.03) 2.11 (1.22, 3.34) 12.94  < 0.0012
WC(cm) 100 (90, 110) 98 (88, 108) 112 (103, 126) 13.48  < 0.0012
WHtR 0.57 (0.52, 0.63) 0.56 (0.51, 0.61) 0.63 (0.57, 0.72) 13.77  < 0.0012
WWI 10.77 (10.24, 11.33) 10.66 (10.15, 11.20) 11.24 (10.77, 11.77) 10.41  < 0.0012
Hypertension 28.77  < 0.0013
 No 68.7% 71.4% 57.0%
 Yes 31.3% 28.6% 43.0%
Diabetes 9.32  < 0.0013
 Borderline 1.3% 0.9% 3.0%
 No 80.2% 82.7% 69.2%
 Yes 18.6% 16.4% 27.8%
Ethnicity 0.88 0.4753
 Mexican American 9.2% 9.4% 8.0%
 Non-Hispanic Asian 5.2% 5.4% 4.1%
 Non-Hispanic Black 10.2% 10.3% 9.6%
 Non-Hispanic White 66.2% 65.6% 68.7%
 Other Hispanic 6.4% 6.5% 6.2%
 Others 2.9% 2.8% 3.4%
Family history 7.95 0.0073
 No 63.7% 65.8% 55.0%
 Yes 36.3% 34.2% 45.0%
Drinking 3.36 0.0733
 No 14.7% 14.0% 17.8%
 Yes 85.3% 86.0% 82.2%
Smoking 0.59 0.4463
 No 49.3% 49.8% 47.0%
 Yes 50.7% 50.2% 53.0%
Marital status 2.70 0.0263
 Divorced 8.1% 7.7% 9.7%
 Living with partner 9.1% 9.6% 7.1%
 Married 58.3% 57.1% 63.2%
 Never married 20.7% 21.9% 15.7%
 Separated 1.7% 1.8% 1.6%
 Widowed 2.1% 2.0% 2.7%
Education, n(%) 0.35 0.7653
 9-11th grade 11.6% 11.6% 11.4%
 College 60.8% 60.8% 60.8%
 High school graduate 22.0% 21.7% 23.0%
 Less than 9th grade 5.6% 5.8% 4.8%

Abbreviation: IQR Interquartile range, Glu Glucose, TC Total Cholesterol, LDL-c Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, TG Triglycerides, HDL-c High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, ABSI A body shape index, BMI Body mass index, BRI Body roundness index, CI Conicity index, LAP Lipid accumulation product, METS-IR Metabolic score for insulin resistance, METS-VF Metabolical score for visceral fat, TyG Triglyceride-glucose index, TyG-BMI Triglyceride glucose-body mass index, TyG-WC Triglyceride glucose-waist circumference, TyG-WHtR Triglyceride glucose-waist to height ratio, VAI Visceral adiposity index, WC Waist circumference, WHtR Waist to height ratio, WWI Weight-adjusted-waist index

1Median (IQR); %

2Wilcoxon rank-sum test for complex survey samples

3chi-squared test with Rao & Scott's second-order correction