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. 2014 Nov 4;47(6):317–326. doi: 10.3961/jpmph.14.028

Supplemental Table 3.

Baseline characteristics of the participants according to the number of baseline components of MetS

Characteristics Number of baseline MetS components
p for trend1
Zero (n=5234) One (n=5576) Two (n=4096)
Total person-years 19 880.2 19 883.3 12 702.6
Average person-years 3.80±1.39 3.57±1.48 3.10±1.53
Uric acid 5.8 (0.02) 6.1 (0.02) 6.3 (0.02) <0.001
Age (y) 44.5 (0.02) 44.6 (0.02) 44.6 (0.02) 0.001
Body mass index (kg/m2) 22.8 (0.03) 24.0 (0.03) 25.2 (0.04) <0.001
Waist circumference (cm) 79.6 (0.08) 83.0 (0.09) 86.4 (0.11) <0.001
Systolic BP (mmHg) 105.9 (0.13) 112.0 (0.17) 118.0 (0.23) <0.001
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 73.0 (0.09) 77.4 (0.11) 81.3 (0.15) <0.001
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 186.7 (0.40) 195.0 (0.42) 200.1 (0.50) <0.001
Triglyceride (mg/dL) 93.0 (0.38) 131.6 (0.84) 172.1 (1.33) <0.001
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) 54.8 (0.14) 51.4 (0.14) 48.7 (0.15) <0.001
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) 109.8 (0.36) 115.4 (0.36) 117.4 (0.43) <0.001
Fasting serum glucose (mg/dL) 91.1 (0.08) 97.0 (0.18) 101.8 (0.28) <0.001
HOMA-IR 1.69 (0.008) 2.06 (0.01) 2.44 (0.02) <0.001
Insulin (μU/dL) 7.5 (0.04) 8.6 (0.04) 9.8 (0.06) <0.001
Serum creatinine (mg/dL) 1.12 (0.002) 1.13 (0.003) 1.14 (0.002) <0.001
eGFR (mL/min per 1.73 m2) 80.3 (0.12) 79.5 (0.12) 78.5 (0.14) <0.001
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) 24.5 (0.33) 24.9 (0.12) 26.8 (0.17) <0.001
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) 25.0 (0.44) 28.5 (0.23) 33.6 (0.32) <0.001
γ-glutamyltransferase (U/L) 29.1 (0.38) 38.8 (0.47) 48.9 (0.71) <0.001
hsCRP (mg/L) 0.11 (0.008) 0.13 (0.007) 0.14 (0.006) 0.003
Current smoker (%) 36.8 (0.7) 39.9 (0.7) 42.7 (0.8) <0.001
Alcohol intake (%) 10.1 (0.4) 13.7 (0.5) 16.2 (0.6) <0.001
Regular exercise (%) 20.8 (0.6) 19.4 (0.5) 17.8 (0.6) <0.001
Diabetes mellitus (%) 0.3 (0.08) 2.6 (0.2) 6.1 (0.4) <0.001
Hypertension (%) 1.8 (0.2) 14.2 (0.5) 29.2 (0.7) <0.001
Development of MetS (%) 3.6 (0.3) 14.2 (0.5) 35.2 (0.8) <0.001

Values are presented as means (standard error), or percentages (standard error).

MetS, metabolic syndrome; BP, blood pressure; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.

1

p-value was tested by multiple linear regression models for continuous variables and multiple logistic regression models for categorical variables after adjusting for 5 year-age group.