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. 2011;13(2):PCC.10m01050. doi: 10.4088/PCC.10m01050

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Treatment-Seeking Obese Patients With Binge-Eating Disorder With and Without Metabolic Syndrome Recruited From Primary Care Centersab

Characteristic No Metabolic Syndrome (n = 46, 56.8%) Metabolic Syndrome (n = 35, 43.2%) P Value
Gender, n (%)
 Women 39 (84.8) 21 (60.0) .012
 Men 7 (15.2) 14 (40.0)
Ethnicity, n (%)
 Black 18 (40.9) 9 (29.0) .573
 White, Hispanic 6 (13.6) 5 (16.1)
 White, non-Hispanic 20 (45.5) 17 (54.8)
Education, n (%)
 Some high school 6 (13.0) 2 (5.7) .520
 High school or general education development 6 (13.0) 8 (22.9)
 Some college/associate of arts degree 16 (34.8) 11 (31.4)
 College graduate/postgraduate 18 (39.1) 14 (40.0)
Age, y 42.26 (11.44) 44.49 (11.89) .397
Body mass index, kg/m2 38.32 (7.79) 38.29 (4.90) .985
Waist circumference, in 43.89 (6.03) 45.91 (4.39) .097
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mg/dL 100.52 (27.14) 109.43 (38.61) .226
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mg/dL 59.65 (15.78) 42.94 (9.57) < .0005
Triglycerides, mg/dL 94.15 (42.29) 157.60 (78.74) < .0005
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg 124.76 (15.99) 136.12 (16.48) .002
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg 77.50 (9.44) 86.58 (11.24) < .0005
Heart rate, bpm 72.30 (11.08) 76.66 (10.40) .076
Glucose, mg/dL 93.50 (10.85) 124.37 (41.40) < .0005
Hemoglobin A1c, % 5.55 (0.44) 6.50 (1.26) < .0005
a

Values are means and standard deviations (unless otherwise specified) based on t tests for continuous variables and χ2 analyses for categorical variables.

b

Ethnicity analyses contain data only from black, white non-Hispanic, and white Hispanic participants due to small numbers of other ethnic groups in this sample.