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. 2015 Mar 18;4(3):e001540. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001540

Table 1.

Cohort Demographics and Metabolic Characteristics

Total Metabolically Healthy Metabolically Unhealthy P Value
Healthy Non‐Obese Healthy Obese Unhealthy Non‐Obese Unhealthy Obese
n=503 n=79 (17.8%) n=25 (4.4%) n=149 (29.7%) n=250 (48.1%)
Categorical variables, n (%)
Men 159 (41.0) 24 (29.1) 6 (29.7) 59 (48.8) 70 (41.7) 0.1063
Employed 261 (55.8) 52 (63.8) 19 (74.5) 72 (50.3) 118 (54.6) 0.2147
Met minimum recommendations for physical activity of ≥600 MET‐minutes/week 123 (32.2) 29 (44.7) 8 (35.4) 41 (37.2) 45 (23.9) 0.0625
Met recommendations of ≥5 servings of fruit and vegetables per day 45 (12.5) 11 (21.5) 6 (37.4) 10 (6.8) 18 (9.6) 0.0071
Current smokers 41 (11.3) 8 (10.3) 1 (2.5) 11 (11.7) 21 (12.2) 0.4845
Diabetes (ADA2010_DM variable) 108 (20.1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 32 (20.1) 76 (29.2) 0.1188
CRP≥3 mg/L 335 (71.3) 28 (50.4) 10 (52.4) 93 (64.5) 204 (85.1) <0.0001
Continuous variables, mean±SE
Age, y 50.3±0.9 46.7±2.7 44.8±3.4 53.2±1.4 50.3±1.2 0.0421
Annual household income (US dollars) 35425±3664.2 43556±12153.0 31921±5571.5 29905±4978.3 35451±4270.5 0.6791
Years of education 10.7±0.3 12.2±0.6 11.9±0.9 10.0±0.4 10.6±0.4 0.0134
Total minutes of moderate and vigorous activity 901.2±179.6 1212.7±295.4 4148.0±3481.4 806.3±148.0 519.3±114.8 0.075
Total cholesterol, mg/dL 182.7±2.3 184.0±6.5 187.6±8.1 181.3±4.0 182.6±3.1 0.8471
Triglycerides, mg/dL 153.4±5.6 86.1±5.6 89.7±6.9 172.0±11.0 172.7±7.4 <0.0001
HDL‐cholesterol, mg/dL 44.8±0.9 55.3±1.5 54.0±2.9 42.9±2.3 41.2±0.9 <0.0001
LDL‐cholesterol, mg/dL 107.9±1.9 112.1±5 114.8±5.8 105.0±3.4 107.6±2.8 0.4184
BMI, kg/m2 31.3±0.4 25.9±0.3 33.2±0.6 26.8±0.2 35.8±0.6 <0.0001
Waist circumference, cm 104.0±1.0 91.1±1.0 104.9±1.8 96.5±0.8 113.3±1.4 <0.0001
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg 118.1±0.9 109.9±1.5 108.8±2.4 119.9±1.7 120.9±1.4 <0.0001
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg 72.3±0.6 67.0±1.4 69.0±1.6 72.4±0.9 74.5±0.9 0.0007
CRP, mg/L* 3.5±0.2 2.4±0.4 3.5±0.3 2.1±0.4 4.3±0.3 <0.0001
Insulin, mg/dL 15.3±1.1 8.3±0.6 11.5±0.9 14.2±2.0 19.2±1.8 <0.0001
Fasting blood glucose, mg/dL 107.2±1.9 91.3±0.9 95.6±1.9 108.5±3.8 113.3±2.7 <0.0001
HOMA IR 4.0±0.3 1.8±0.1 2.7±0.2 3.6±0.4 5.3±0.5 <0.0001
Hba1c, % 5.6±0.1 5.1±0.1 5.2±0.2 5.6±0.1 5.9±0.1 <0.0001

Data are adjusted for the probability of sampling using weights taking into consideration clustering effects arising from the same census block and household. BMI indicates body mass index; CRP, C‐reactive protein; HDL, high‐density lipoprotein; HOMA‐IR, homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance index; LDL, low‐density lipoprotein; MAT, metabolic equivalent.

*

CRP>10 mg/L excluded, n=283.