Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the population with screen-detected metabolic syndrome participating in follow-up measurements, divided into those who did and did not achieve a remission
|
Baseline characteristics |
|
Total group |
Remission |
P-value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 194 | Yes n = 103 | No n = 91 | |||
| Gender (% male) |
|
104 (53.9) |
53 (51.5) |
51 (56.0) |
0.52 |
| Age (years) |
|
49.0 ± 10.1 |
48.2 ± 10.9 |
49.8 ± 9.0 |
0.27 |
| Ethnicity (% Western European) |
|
187 (96.4) |
100 (97.1) |
87 (95.6) |
0.58 |
| Higher educated (%) |
|
68 (35.1) |
37 (35.9) |
31 (34.1) |
0.79 |
| Smoking (%) |
|
43 (22.2) |
22 (21.4) |
21 (23.1) |
0.77 |
| Physical activity (% adhering to Dutch Standard Healthy Movementa) |
|
102 (53.4) |
52 (51.5) |
49 (53.8) |
0.74 |
| BMI (kg/m2) |
|
30.1 ± 3.7 |
29.7 ± 3.5 |
30.7 ± 3.8 |
<0.05 |
| Waist circumference (cm) |
♂ |
109.9 ± 7.4 |
106.6 ± 5.5 |
113.3 ± 7.6 |
< 0.001 |
| |
♀ |
99.5 ± 8.8 |
98.4 ± 8.9 |
101.0 ± 8.7 |
0.18 |
| Blood pressure (mmHg) |
Systolic |
143.5 ± 14.9 |
142.0 ± 12.5 |
145.3 ± 17.2 |
0.14 |
| |
Diastolic |
88.0 ± 7.5 |
87.1 ± 7.3 |
89.1 ± 7.6 |
0.07 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) |
|
1.9 (1.6-2.3) |
1.9 (1.6-2.3) |
1.9 (1.7-2.5) |
0.24 |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) |
♂ |
1.1 ± 0.3 |
1.1 ± 0.3 |
1.1 ± 0.2 |
0.44 |
| |
♀ |
1.3 ± 0.3 |
1.4 ± 0.3 |
1.3 ± 0.3 |
0.04 |
| Fasting glucose (mmol/L) | 5.3 ± 1.1 | 5.0 ± 0.6 | 5.5 ± 1.5 | 0.01 | |
Data are reported as means ± standard deviation or number (percentage). Non-normally distributed variables are reported as median (25th - 75th percentile).
a a minimum of thirty minutes of moderately intensive exercise at least five days a week.