Table 3.
Percentage of active and inactive population in MetS (n = 288) and non-MetS (n = 142) participants according to two criteria (1st Criterion: >150 min/week of moderate physical activity or >75 min/week of vigorous physical activity; 2nd Criterion: >300 MET min/day).
| 1st Criterion | 2nd Criterion | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MetS (n = 333) | Non-MetS (n = 144) | p-Value | MetS (n = 333) | Non-MetS (n = 144) | p-Value | |||||
| Active | Inactive | Active | Inactive | Active | Inactive | Active | Inactive | |||
| Total | 257 (89.2) | 31 (10.8) | 142 (100) | 0 (0) | <0.001 | 180 (62.5) | 108 (37.5) | 134 (93.1) | 10 (6.9) | <0.001 |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Men | 139 (88.5) | 18 (11.5) | 62 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.002 | 96 (61.1) | 61 (38.9) | 57 (90.5) | 6 (9.5) | <0.001 |
| Women | 118 (90.1) | 13 (9.9) | 80 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.002 | 84 (64.1) | 47 (35.9) | 77 (95.1) | 4 (4.9) | <0.001 |
| p-value | 0.675 | 1.000 | 0.603 | 0.283 | ||||||
| Age | ||||||||||
| 55–64 | 117 (84.2) | 22 (15.8) | 62 (100) | 0 (0) | <0.001 | 71 (51.4) | 67 (48.6) | 59 (92.2) | 5 (7.8) | <0.001 |
| 65–69 | 82 (93.2) | 6 (6.8) | 46 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.094 | 65 (73.9) | 23 (26.1) | 42 (91.3) | 4 (8.7) | 0.022 |
| ≥70 | 58 (95.1) | 3 (4.9) | 34 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.550 | 44 (71.0) | 18 (29.0) | 33 (97.1) | 1 (2.9) | 0.002 |
| p-value | 0.026 | 1.000 | 0.001 | 0.567 | ||||||
| Civil status | ||||||||||
| Single | 14 (93.3) | 1 (6.7) | 5 (100) | 0 (0) | 1.000 | 10 (66.7) | 5 (33.3) | 4 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) | 1.000 |
| Married | 200 (89.7) | 23 (10.3) | 99 (100) | 0 (0) | <0.001 | 145 (65.0) | 78 (35.0) | 93 (92.1) | 8 (7.9) | <0.001 |
| Divorced | 16 (80.0) | 4 (20.0) | 13 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.136 | 7 (35.0) | 13 (65.0) | 13 (100) | 0 (0) | <0.001 |
| Widow/er | 27 (90.0) | 3 (10.0) | 25 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.242 | 18 (60.0) | 12 (40.0) | 24 (96.0) | 1 (4.0) | 0.003 |
| p-value | 0.551 | 1.000 | 0.064 | 0.428 | ||||||
| Education level | ||||||||||
| Primary | 120 (90.2) | 13 (9.8) | 66 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.005 | 90 (67.7) | 43 (32.3) | 62 (91.2) | 6 (8.8) | <0.001 |
| Secondary | 79 (91.9) | 7 (8.1) | 50 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.047 | 53 (61.6) | 33 (38.4) | 48 (96.0) | 2 (4.0) | <0.001 |
| University | 50 (84.7) | 9 (15.3) | 26 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.052 | 30 (50.8) | 29 (49.2) | 24 (92.3) | 2 (7.7) | <0.001 |
| p-value | 0.365 | 1.000 | 0.085 | 0.587 | ||||||
| Mediterranean Diet Adherence | ||||||||||
| Low (p < 25) | 68 (84.0) | 13 (16.0) | 22 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.065 | 38 (47.5) | 42 (52.5) | 21 (95.5) | 1 (4.5) | <0.001 |
| Medium (p 25–p 75) | 133 (90.5) | 14 (9.5) | 70 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.006 | 99 (66.9) | 49 (33.1) | 66 (91.7) | 6 (8.3) | <0.001 |
| High (p > 75) | 56 (93.3) | 4 (6.7) | 50 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.084 | 43 (71.7) | 17 (28.3) | 47 (94.0) | 3 (6.0) | 0.003 |
| p-value | 0.162 | 1.000 | 0.004 | 0.787 | ||||||
| BMI | ||||||||||
| <30 kg/m2 | 82 (92.1) | 7 (7.9) | 129 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.002 | 61 (69.3) | 27 (30.7) | 123 (93.9) | 8 (6.1) | <0.001 |
| ≥30 kg/m2 | 175 (87.9) | 24 (12.1) | 13 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.370 | 119 (59.5) | 81 (40.5) | 11 (84.6) | 2 (15.4) | 0.084 |
| p-value | 0.288 | 1.000 | 0.113 | 0.209 | ||||||
Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; MD: Mediterranean Diet; MetS: Metabolic Syndrome; p: percentile. Data is shown as n (%). Differences in percentages between MetS and non-MetS participants and in different variables of the same group were tested by chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test. Significant differences have been highlighted in bold.