Table 1.
Baseline characteristics and risk factors for metabolic syndrome.
| Men (n = 93) |
Women (n = 170) |
All (n = 263) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographic characteristics | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | pa | |
| Age (y) | Mean (SD) | 56.9 (9.1) | 58.1 (7.4) | 57.7 (8.0) | 0.2566 |
| Education (6 missed) | Middle school | 18 (19.4) | 78 (47.6) | 96 (37.4) | <0.0001 |
| High school | 41 (44.1) | 52 (31.7) | 93 (36.2) | ||
| College | 34 (36.6) | 34 (20.7) | 68 (26.5) | ||
| Marital status (5 missed) | Live with spouse | 86 (92.5) | 130 (78.8) | 216 (83.7) | 0.0043 |
| Live without spouse | 7 (7.5) | 35 (21.2) | 42 (16.3) | ||
| Working (5 missed) | Employed | 60 (64.5) | 58 (35.2) | 118 (45.7) | <0.0001 |
| Housewives | 0 (0.0) | 94 (57.0) | 94 (36.4) | ||
| Others | 33 (35.5) | 13 (7.9) | 46 (17.8) | ||
| Monthly income (13 missed) | >US$1000 | 10 (11.4) | 37 (22.8) | 47 (18.8) | 0.0733 |
| US$1000–3000 | 40 (45.5) | 69 (42.6) | 109 (43.6) | ||
| ≥US$3000 | 38 (43.2) | 56 (34.6) | 94 (37.6) | ||
| Metabolic syndrome (MetS) characteristics | |||||
| No. of MetS components, mean (SD) | 3.3 (0.5) | 3.2 (0.4) | 3.2 (0.5) | 0.0949 | |
| 3 components | 68 (73.1) | 139 (81.8) | 207 (78.7) | 0.1725 | |
| 4 components | 22 (23.7) | 29 (17.1) | 51 (19.4) | ||
| 5 components | 3 (3.2) | 2 (1.2) | 5 (1.9) | ||
| Elevated blood pressure (EBP) | 79 (84.9) | 115 (67.6) | 194 (73.8) | 0.0023 | |
| Abdominal obesity (AO) | 72 (77.4) | 147 (86.5) | 219 (83.3) | 0.0601 | |
| Impaired fasting glucose (IFG) | 73 (78.5) | 98 (57.6) | 171 (65.0) | 0.0007 | |
| Elevated triglycerides (ETG) | 72 (77.4) | 108 (63.5) | 180 (68.4) | 0.0205 | |
| Low HDL cholesterol (HDL) | 11 (11.8) | 75 (44.1) | 86 (32.7) | <0.0001 | |
ap value was based on a t test for continuous variables and the Chi-square tests and Fisher's exact tests for categorical variables.
HDL cholesterol = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SD = standard deviation.