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. 2013 Sep 27;8(9):e76304. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076304

Table 2. Comparison of baseline characteristics of subjects who did and did not develop incident MetS after 9.3 years of follow-up.

Men
Women
Non-MetS (N=596) MetS (N=565) P-V Non-MetS (N=1145) MetS (N=552) P-V
Age(years) 39.5 (15.6) 41.9 (14.0) 0.007 33.3 (10.9) 41.9 (12.3) <0.001
eGFR(ml/min/1.73m2) 76.0 (11.9) 74.3 (11.3) 0.016 73.9 (11.0) 68.7 (11.0) <0.001
Cr(mg/dl) 1.2 (0.1) 1.2 (0.1) 0.441 1.0 (0.1) 1.0 (0.1) 0.001
FPG(mg/dl) 88.0 (83.0-92.8) 90.0 (85.0-96.0) <0.001 85.0 (80.0-90.0) 89.0 (84.0-94.0) <0.001
TG(mg/dl) 99.0 (75.0-134.0) 135.0 (106.5-176.5) <0.001 93.0 (70.0-121.0) 127.5 (100.3-159.8) <0.001
HDL_C(mg/dl) 43.6 (9.8) 39.4 (9.0) <0.001 48.7 (11.3) 45.2 (11.2) <0.001
SBP(mmHg) 112.8 (14.9) 116.5 (14.8) <0.001 108.6 (11.9) 115.2 (14.7) <0.001
DBP(mmHg) 72.8 (9.4) 75.5 (8.8) <0.001 72.8 (8.5) 76.6 (9.0) <0.001
Waist(cm) 79.9 (9.7) 85.6 (8.3) <0.001 78.4 (10.0) 87.5 (9.4) <0.001
BMI(kg/m2) 22.9 (3.5) 24.8 (3.1) <0.001 24.6 (4.1) 27.9 (4.0) <0.001
DM Drug (%) 0.3 1.9 0.011 0.1 1.1 0.006
Lipid Drug (%) 0.0 0.4 0.237 0.1 1.1 0.006
HTN Drug (%) 1.3 3.0 0.067 1.4 4.0 0.001
Marital status (%) < 0.001 < 0.001
Married 68.0 80.9 76.5 87
Divorced/Widowed 0.3 0.7 3.3 7.4
Single 31.7 18.4 20.2 5.6
HCVD (%) 2.5 3.9 0.186 0.9 2.4 0.023
FHDM (%) 18.3 26.2 0.001 22.4 31.2 < 0.001
Smoking (%) 0.720 0.656
Never 58.0 56.9 94.4 93.8
Current/Past 42.0 43.1 5.6 6.2
Education Level (%) 0.256 < 0.001
Higher than diploma 19.3 17.3 13.5 8.3
Diploma/below diploma 56.5 61.2 68.3 52.5
Illiterate/Primary School 24.2 21.4 18.2 39.2
Physical activity (%) 0.797 0.802
Heavy 21.5 21.9 28.7 29.6
Light 16.4 17.8 12.9 13.6
Never 62.0 60.3 58.4 56.7
Insulin (µU/mL)* 5.3 (3.6-7.5) 6.1 (4.6-8.4) 0.001 7.2 (5.1-9.6) 8.1 (5.9-11.4) <0.001

P-V: p-value; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; TG: triglyceride; HDL-C: High density lipoprotein; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; BMI: body mass index; DM: diabetes mellitus; HTN: hypertension; HCVD: history of cardiovascular disease; FHDM: family history of diabetes mellitus; Cr: serum creatinine

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Insulin was measured in 1611 participants (men: 588, women: 1023)