Table 1.

Measured metabolic characteristics of the selected Chinese adults in Pudong New Area of Shanghai, China

Characteristics	Male (N = 2477)	Female (N = 3107)	P value
WC
Mean ± SD	83.9 ± 9.2	78.3 ± 9.4	<0.0001
≥ 90 cm for male	22.1
≥ 80 cm for female		38.5	<0.0001
BMI
Mean ± SD	24.1 ± 3.3	23.8 ± 3.5	<0.0001
≥ 30 kg/m2	4.5	5.3	0.16
WHR
Mean ± SD	0.88 ± 0.06	0.83 ± 0.07	<0.0001
>0.90 for male	38.3
>0.85 for female		37.9	0.93
Systolic BP
Mean ± SD	128 ± 16.1	126 ± 19.6	<0.0001
≥ 130 mmHg	40.3	37.5	0.03
Diastolic BP
Mean ± SD	81 ± 9.5	80 ± 10.1	<0.0001
≥ 85 mmHg	27.0	24.6	0.05
FPG
Mean ± SD	5.8 ± 1.9	5.7 ± 1.6	0.0003
>5.6 mmol/l	35.9	31.4	0.0006
HDL-C
Mean ± SD	1.34 ± 0.26	1.48 ± 0.27	<0.0001
<1.036 mmol/l for male	11.1
<1.295 mmol/l for female		25.8	<0.0001
TG
Mean ± SD	2.4 ± 2.1	2.1 ± 1.7	0.0001
>1.695 mmol/l	56.5	47.0	<0.0001
Urinary ACR
Mean ± SD	2.0 ± 9.2	2.8 ± 11.1	<0.0001
≥ 30 mg/g	0.8	1.6	0.0035

P value for t-test (continuous variables) or χ² test (categorical variables).