Table 1.
Demographic characteristics & health behaviors of participants with and without metabolic syndrome.
| Variable | Metabolic Syndrome
|
Total Group
|
p value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (n = 277) N (%) |
Yes (n = 271) N (%) |
(n = 548) N (%) |
||
| Age in years: Mean (SD) | 49.1 (16.6) | 58.2 (14.3) | 53.6 (16.2) | < 0.001 |
| Median (range) | 48 (18–93) | 60 (20–87) | 54 (18–93) | |
| BMI in kg/m2: Mean (SD) | 27.4 (6.6) | 32.9 (7.1) | 30.2 (7.4) | < 0.001 |
| Median (range) | 26.0 (16–64) | 31.8 (19–61) | 29.3 (16–64) | |
| Healthy weight: < 25 | 108 (39) | 23 (8) | 131 (24) | < 0.001 |
| Overweight: 25 to < 30 | 81 (29) | 75 (28) | 156 (29) | |
| Obese: ≥ 30 | 88 (32) | 171 (64) | 259 (47) | |
| Missing n = 2 | ||||
| Sex: Female | 189 (68) | 183 (68) | 372 (68) | 0.86 |
| Male | 88 (32) | 88 (32) | 176 (32) | |
| Race: White | 141 (51) | 163 (60) | 304 (56) | 0.29 |
| Nonwhite | 136 (49) | 108 (40) | 244 (44) | |
| Education: Elementary | 23 (8) | 26 (10) | 49 (9) | 0.15 |
| Some High School | 53 (19) | 54 (20) | 107 (20) | |
| High School Grad | 100 (37) | 120 (45) | 220 (41) | |
| Some College or Technical | 67 (25) | 49 (18) | 116 (21) | |
| College Graduate | 30 (11) | 20 (7) | 50 (9) | |
| Missing n = 6 | ||||
| Marital Status: Not Married | 153 (55) | 132 (49) | 285 (52) | 0.13 |
| Married/Partner | 124 (45) | 139 (51) | 263 (48) | |
| Current Smoker: No | 173 (63) | 190 (72) | 363 (67) | 0.26 |
| Yes | 103 (37) | 75 (28) | 178 (33) | |
| Missing n = 7 | ||||
| Alcohol Consumption: a | < 0.001 | |||
| Non Drinker | 161 (60) | 208 (78) | 369 (69) | |
| Light/Moderate Drinker | 58 (22) | 38 (14) | 96 (18) | |
| Heavy or Binge Drinker | 49 (18) | 20 (8) | 69 (13) | |
| Missing n = 14 | ||||
*
p from t-test or Pearson Chi-square test.