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