Table 4.
Subject demographics for analysis using AHA/NHLBI criteria metabolic syndrome criteria affecting the obese with metabolic syndrome cohort and obese without metabolic syndrome cohort
| Cohort | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Poorly-controlled diabetes mellitus (N = 14) | Well-controlled diabetes mellitus (N = 12) | Morbid obesity (N = 12) | Obese with metabolic syndrome (N = 28)* | Obese without metabolic syndrome (N = 12)* | Control (N = 12) |
| Sex, n (%) | ||||||
| Male | 10 (71.4) | 6 (50.0) | 6 (50.0) | 18 (64.3) | 8 (66.7) | 4 (33.0) |
| Female | 4 (28.6) | 6 (50.0) | 6 (50.0) | 10 (35.7) | 4 (33.3) | 8 (66.7) |
| Race, n (%) | ||||||
| White | 10 (71.4) | 9 (75.0) | 9 (75.0) | 24 (85.7) | 10 (83.3) | 10 (83.3) |
| Black or African American | 3 (21.4 | 3 (25.0) | 3 (25.0) | 4 (14.3) | 2 (16.7) | 2 (16.7) |
| Asian | 1 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | ||||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Non-Hispanic/Latino | 14 (100.0) | 12 (100.0) | 12 (100.0) | 27 (96.4) | 12 (100.0) | 12 (100.0) |
| Age at entry (years) | ||||||
| Mean (SD) | 60.6 (7.11) | 64.0 (8.10) | 57.1 (8.82) | 58.7 (9.98) | 48.1 (9.72) | 60.9 (11.37) |
| Median (min, max) | 62.0 (47, 72) | 66.0 (48, 73) | 56.0 (45, 70) | 58.5 (41, 74) | 48.5 (33, 70) | 65.5 (34, 72) |
AHA/NHLBI American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
* Repeated analysis using AHA/NHLBI metabolic syndrome criteria [24] for obese with metabolic syndrome and obese without metabolic syndrome cohorts