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. 2025 Aug 22;25:627. doi: 10.1186/s12872-025-05043-6

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics stratified by cardiometabolic phenotypes in the Azar cohort population

Variables Total
n:9515
MHNW
n: 1931(20.3)
MUNHW
n: 103 (1.1)
MHO
n: 4801(50.4)
MUHO
n: 2680 (28.2)
P
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Gender Males 3970(41.7) 1116(57.8) 47(45.6) 1969(41.00) 838(31.3) < 0.001*
Females 5545(58.3) 815(42.2) 56(54.4) 2832(59.00) 1842(68.7)
Education levels Illiterate 772(8.1) 111(5.8) 8(7.8) 338(7.00) 315(11.8) < 0.001**
Elementary 4018(42.3) 712(36.9) 40(38.8) 2023(42.2) 1243(46.4)
Diploma 3708(39.0) 841(43.6) 42(40.8) 1913 (39.9) 912(34.00)
college 1011(10.6) 265(13.7) 13(12.6) 524 (10.9) 209(7.8)
Socio-economic status (WSI) The lowest 1919(20.2) 445(23.0) 19(18.4) 878(18.3) 577(21.5) < 0.001**
Low 1346(14.1) 279(14.5) 6(5.8) 669(14.00) 392(14.6)
Middle 1895(19.9) 350(18.1) 29(28.2) 1009(21.00) 507(18.9)
High 2360(24.8) 433(22.4) 27(26.2) 1255(26.1) 645(24.1)
The highest 1995(21.0) 424(22.0) 22(21.4) 990(20.6) 559(20.9)
Physical activity (METs) Low 2905(30.5) 526(27.2) 34(33.00) 1400(29.2) 945(35.3) < 0.001**
Moderate 3350(35.2) 589(30.5) 36(35.00) 1718(35.8) 1007(37.5)
High 3260(34.3) 816(42.3) 33(32.00) 1683(35.00) 728(27.2)
Smoking status No-Smoker 8074(84.9) 1455(75.3) 81(78.6) 4155(86.5) 2383(88.9) < 0.001*
Smoker 1441(15.1) 476(24.7) 22(21.4) 646(13.5) 297(11.1)
AIP low risk 5051(53.1) 4919(73.5) 11(10.7) 3134(65.3) 487(18.2) < 0.001**
moderate risk 1498(15.7) 252(13.00) 10(9.7) 775(16.1) 461(17.2)
high risk 2966(31.2) 260(13.5) 82(79.6) 892(18.6) 1732(64.6)

Statistical significance was determined using the chi-square test, and significant p-values are indicated by an asterisk (*)

Abbreviations: MHNW Metabolically Healthy Normal Weight, MUHN Metabolically Unhealthy Normal Weight, MHO Metabolically Healthy Obese, MUHO Metabolically Unhealthy Obese, WSI wealth score index, METs Metabolic equivalent of task, AIP Atherogenic index of plasma

**p Kruskal–Wallis test