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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Dec;54(12):1832–1838. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00963.x

Table 1.

Characteristics of the General Population According to Presence of Metabolic Syndrome (MS) in Older Men

Criteria for MS
Characteristic <3 (n =389) ≥3 (n =73) P-value*
Age, mean ± SD 75 ±7 74 ±6 .74
Body mass index, kg/m2, mean ±SD 26 ±3 30 ±3 <.001
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mg/dL, mean ±SD 53 ±13 39 ±8 <.001
Triglycerides, mg/dL, mean ±SD 115 ±57 208 ±101 <.01
Blood glucose, mg/dL, mean ±SD 94 ±25 115 ±34 .04
Waist circumference, cm, mean ±SD 93 ±8.3 103.4 ±8.2 <.001
Waist circumference >102 cm, n (%) 41 (11) 45 (63) .45
Blood pressure >130/85 mmHg, n (%) 195 (51) 64 (87) .13
Interleukin-6, pg/mL, median (IQR) 1.6 (1.7) 1.3 (1.1) .3
Insulin, mIU/L, median (IQR) 9.4 (7.1) 11.1 (9.5) <.001
Physical activity in previous year, h/wk, mean ±SD 1.9 ±0.5 1.89 ±0.4 .55
Smoking, packs/y, mean ±SD 24 ±24 30 ±28 .06
Alcohol intake, g/d, mean ±SD 24 ±19 22 ±20 .32
Formal education, years, mean ±SD 6 ±4 6 ±3 .32
*

Differences in parameters between patients with and without MS were tested using age-adjusted analysis of covariance.

SD =standard deviation; IQR =interquartile range.