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.