Table 1.
General characteristics of study participants across the LCD score quartiles
| quartiles of LCD score | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1(n = 887) | 2(n = 816) | 3(n = 803) | 4(n = 856) | ||
| LCD score range | < 10 | 10-16 | 16-23 | > 23 | Pb |
| Age (year)a | 36.1 ± 7.7 | 36.2 ± 7.8 | 36.3 ± 7.8 | 36.6 ± 8.1 | 0.57 |
| Weight (kg)a | 67.2 ± 12.4 | 67.9 ± 12.0 | 69.0 ± 13.6 | 70.5 ± 14.4 | < 0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2)a | 24.6 ± 3.7 | 24.8 ± 3.6 | 25.1 ± 3.8 | 25.2 ± 4.0 | 0.009 |
| Waist circumference (cm)a | 86.4 ± 10.9 | 87.0 ± 10.8 | 86.9 ± 11.4 | 88.9 ± 12.4 | 0.001 |
| Overweight (%) | 37 | 38.6 | 36.1 | 37 | 0.74 |
| Obesity (%) | 7.6 | 7.8 | 10.6 | 12.3 | 0.002 |
| Doing exercise≥1 h/w (%) | 9.8 | 11.2 | 14.9 | 16.9 | < 0.001 |
| Male (%) | 38.7 | 36.8 | 41.7 | 49.6 | < 0.001 |
| Married (%) | 79.9 | 81.9 | 84.2 | 80.9 | 0.38 |
| High SES (%) | 28.2 | 33.7 | 29.8 | 27.8 | 0.003 |
| House owner (%) | 65.4 | 68.9 | 70.8 | 71 | 0.07 |
| University graduated (%) | 64 | 68 | 59.5 | 56.1 | < 0.001 |
| Family size> 4 (%) | 27.8 | 25.2 | 29 | 31.2 | 0.056 |
| Chronic conditions (%) | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 7.2 | < 0.001 |
| Pregnant women (%) | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.75 |
| Lactating women (%) | 8.7 | 11.2 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 0.37 |
| Current smoker (%) | 10.6 | 12.1 | 17.3 | 15.4 | < 0.001 |
| Anti-depressant use (%) | 5.3 | 4.4 | 6 | 6.5 | 0.26 |
| Supplement use(%) | 31.5 | 31 | 30.4 | 27.2 | 0.21 |
a All values are Means±SD
bP values were obtained one-way ANOVA or χ2 test, where appropriate