Table 2.

Metabolic risk factors among Korean elderly and percentage of the population^*

Metabolic risk factor		Mean±SE	Percentile					% <Criteria†
			5th	25th	50th	75th	95th
Waist circumference (cm)‡
Men	51–70 yr	85.56±0.25	71.40	80.58	85.50	90.93	98.20	28.30
	≥71 yr	83.99±0.49	67.45	77.50	84.70	91.25	99.15	29.40
Women	51–70 yr	82.32±0.27	68.00	76.00	82.05	88.20	97.07	37.40
	≥71 yr	82.82±0.42	65.64	75.80	82.40	89.30	99.12	41.80
Body mass index (kg/m2)§
Men	51–70 yr	23.89±0.08	19.10	22.00	23.89	25.67	28.57	35.60
	≥71 yr	22.71±0.14	18.00	20.71	22.65	24.89	27.95	23.50
Women	51–70 yr	24.36±0.08	19.56	22.21	24.10	26.23	29.82	39.20
	≥71 yr	23.88±0.16	18.26	21.55	23.71	26.04	30.17	34.50
Serum triglycerides (mg/dL)ll
Men	51–70 yr	169.90±4.16	52.00	89.00	131.00	195.00	361.00	43.00
	≥71 yr	130.28±4.01	49.00	74.75	109.00	155.00	287.00	28.10
Women	51–70 yr	134.16±2.23	50.00	80.00	113.00	166.00	286.00	31.00
	≥71 yr	146.27±3.76	54.60	87.50	123.00	172.50	289.70	35.80
Glucose (mg/dL)¶
Men	51–70 yr	106.13±0.83	82.00	91.00	98.00	110.00	161.00	25.10
	≥71 yr	102.11±1.14	82.00	90.00	97.00	109.00	145.00	20.70
Women	51–70 yr	99.54±0.62	81.00	88.00	94.00	103.00	137.00	15.50
	≥71 yr	104.10±1.09	81.00	89.00	97.00	108.00	149.00	23.20
HbA1c (%)**
Men	51–70 yr	6.18±0.05	5.10	5.50	5.80	6.50	8.60	23.00
	≥71 yr	6.16±0.07	5.20	5.50	5.90	6.50	8.38	21.60
Women	51–70 yr	6.08±0.04	5.20	5.60	5.80	6.20	8.20	17.30
	≥71 yr	6.22±0.05	5.20	5.60	5.90	6.48	8.70	22.30
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)††
Men	51–70 yr	188.82±1.10	131.00	164.00	187.00	211.00	250.00	36.10
	≥71 yr	179.76±1.65	124.00	157.00	177.00	200.00	240.00	25.50
Women	51–70 yr	203.35±1.07	144.00	178.00	202.00	226.00	264.00	51.80
	≥71 yr	198.63±1.62	140.00	172.00	196.00	221.00	264.70	45.90

^*Values were obtained from men aged 51–70 yr, n=1,735; men aged ≥71 yr, n=700; women aged 51–70 yr, n=2,305; women aged ≥71 yr, n=957;

^†Percent of the population with metabolic abnormalities;

^‡Criteria: waist circumference, ≥90 cm in men and ≥85 cm in women;

^§Criteria: ≥25 kg/m²;

^lICriteria of hypertriglyceridemia: ≥150 mg/dL;

^¶Criteria of hyperglycemia (fasting plasma glucose): ≥110 mg/dL;

^**Criteria: ≥7%;

^††Criteria: ≥200 mg/dL.

SE, standard error.