Table 2.
Characteristics of the 1,833 non-demented subjects with follow-up measurements according to metabolic syndrome status (NCEP-ATPHI) *
| metabolic syndrome
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| yes (N=1,005 ) | no (N=828) | all (N=1,833) | ||
| age (yr) | 75.7 (5.8) | 76.6 (6.3)† | 76.1 (6.0) | |
| sex (% female) | 71.6 | 62.0 | 67.3 | |
| ethnic group (%) Caucasian | Caucasian | 27.2 | 33.1 | 29.9 |
| African- American | 25.7 | 37.0† | 30.8 | |
| Hispanic | 47.0 | 29.9 | 39.3 | |
| education (yrs) | 9.5 (4.8) | 10.8 (4.6)† | 10.1 (4.7) | |
| APOE-ε4 (%) | 25.8 | 28.4 | 27.0 | |
| smoking (% current/ever) | 15.9 | 14.0† | 14.6 | |
| waist (cm) | 97 (11) | 88 (12)† | 93 (12) | |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 41 (11) | 56 (15)† | 48 (15) | |
| triglycerides (mg/dL) | 203 (90) | 116 (46)† | 164 (85) | |
| syst BP (mmHg) | 140 (20) | 139 (21) | 139 (21) | |
| diast BP (mmHg) | 97 (11) | 87 (12)† | 93 (12) | |
| hypertension (%) | 80.4 | 63.8† | 72.9 | |
| diabetes (%) | 35.2 | 5.0† | 21.5 | |
SI conversion factors: to convert HDL cholesterol to mmol/L, multiply by 0.0259; triglycerides to mmol/L, multiply by 0.0113.
*
values are mean (SD) or %
†
P-value < 0.01 based on analysis of variance for continuous data and on χ2-test for categorical data