Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the 7418 participants by the incidence of metabolic syndrome and weekly minutes of resistance exercise.
| Characteristics | Weekly minutes of resistance exercise (min/week) | P value | ||||
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| 0 (n=4633) | 1–59 (n=670) | 60–119 (n=1061) | 120–179 (n=502) | ≥180 (n=552) | ||
| Age | 46.7 (9.7) | 45.9 (8.3) | 46.2 (9.0) | 45.1 (9.5) | 43.7 (10.1) | <.001 |
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| Sex (male) | 3795 (82%) | 568 (85%) | 856 (81%) | 369 (74%) | 446 (81%) | <.001 |
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| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.3 (3.2) | 24.9 (2.9) | 24.9 (3.0) | 24.8 (3.2) | 24.8 (3.1) | <.001 |
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| Current smokers | 522 (11%) | 56 (8%) | 93 (9%) | 57 (11%) | 60 (11%) | .04 |
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| Heavy alcohol drinking | 562 (12%) | 77 (11%) | 132 (12%) | 60 (12%) | 64 (12%) | .98 |
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| Aerobic exercise (MET-min/week) | <.001 | |||||
| 0 | 1125 (24%) | 40 (6%) | 45 (4%) | 32 (6%) | 42 (8%) | |
| 1–499 | 708 (15%) | 89 (13%) | 117 (11%) | 65 (13%) | 73 (13%) | |
| 500–999 | 899 (19%) | 135 (20%) | 246 (23%) | 115 (23%) | 95 (17%) | |
| ≥ 1000 | 1901 (41%) | 406 (61%) | 653 (62%) | 290 (58%) | 342 (62%) | |
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| Abnormal ECG | 387 (8%) | 53 (8%) | 69 (7%) | 29 (6%) | 34 (6%) | .05 |
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| Parental history of cardiovascular disease | 1177 (25%) | 162 (24%) | 255 (24%) | 130 (26%) | 132 (24%) | .79 |
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| Parental history of hypertension | 1602 (35%) | 251 (37%) | 379 (36%) | 191 (38%) | 184 (33%) | .28 |
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| Parental history of diabetes | 632 (14%) | 91 (14%) | 134 (13%) | 61 (12%) | 67 (12%) | .71 |
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| Waist circumference (cm) | 88.5 (11.0) | 86.8 (10.3) | 86.0 (10.7) | 84.5 (11.1) | 84.9 (10.3) | <.001 |
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| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 103.4 (59.6) | 92.9 (44.3) | 97.0 (52.4) | 96.0 (53.1) | 94.4 (59.6) | <.001 |
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| HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 53.0 (14.5) | 55.0 (14.6) | 55.1 (14.4) | 56.6 (14.7) | 54.9(14.3) | <.001 |
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| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 119 (13) | 119 (13) | 119 (13) | 119 (13) | 120 (13) | .67 |
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| Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 79 (9) | 80 (9) | 79 (9) | 79 (10) | 80 (9) | .62 |
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| Fasting glucose (mg/dL) | 96.2 (10.1) | 96.5 (13.0) | 96.2 (11.9) | 95.6 (11.4) | 96.2 (13.3) | .77 |
Data is presented in mean (SD) unless indicated as n (%).