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. 2020 Feb 18;12:18. doi: 10.1186/s13098-020-00526-2

Table 1.

Metabolic syndrome characteristics of study participants by gender and depressive symptoms

Total Women Men
No depressive symptoms (n = 4214) Depressive symptoms (n = 365) P No depressive Symptoms (n = 2124) Depressive symptoms (n = 255) P No depressive symptoms (n = 2090) Depressive symptoms (n = 110) P
Metabolic syndrome, n (%) 843 (19.99) 76 (20.82) 0.70 548 (25.77) 60 (23.53) 0.44 295 (14.12) 16 (14.55) 0.90
High BMIa, n (%) 825 (19.59) 59 (15.89) 0.09 382 (17.99) 37 (14.51) 0.17 444 (21.20) 21 (19.09) 0.59
High BPb, n (%) 3604 (85.54) 326 (89.32) 0.047 1863 (87.71) 234 (91.76) 0.058 1741 (83.34) 92 (83.63) 0.94
High triglyceridesc, n (%) 931 (22.08) 80 (21.92) 0.94 561 (26.38) 63 (24.71) 0.57 370 (17.71) 17 (15.45) 0.55
Low HDLd, n (%) 965 (22.89) 87 (23.84) 0.68 720 (33.88) 74 (29.02) 0.12 245 (11.73) 13 (11.82) 0.98
Glucose componente, n (%) 462 (10.97) 50 (13.70) 0.11 237 (11.16) 33 (12.94) 0.40 225 (10.77) 17 (15.45) 0.13
BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2 23.32 (2.61) 22.81 (2.82) < 0.001 23.26 (2.61) 22.66 (2.89) 0.001 23.39 (2.62) 23.14 (2.65) 0.33
Fasting glucose, mean (SD), mmol/L 5.58 (1.10) 5.68 (1.57) 0.25 5.64 (1.11) 5.65 (1.35) 0.86 5.53 (1.08) 5.75 (1.99) 0.26
Systolic BP, mean ± SD, mm Hg 144.24 (19.75) 145.14 (18.68) 0.41 147.55 (19.75) 148.02 (18.19) 0.71 140.89 (19.20) 138.45 (18.14) 0.19
Diastolic BP, mean ± SD, mm Hg 85.83 (11.18) 84.57 (11.49) 0.04 85.35 (10.81) 84.97 (11.56) 0.60 86.31 (11.53) 83.64 (11.31) 0.02
Triglycerides, mean ± SD, mmol/L 1.36 (0.81) 1.33 (0.77) 0.57 1.45 (0.78) 1.42 (0.84) 0.57 1.27 (0.83) 1.13 (0.51) 0.012
HDL, mean ± SD, mmol/L 1.46 (0.39) 1.49 (0.41) 0.09 1.48 (0.37) 1.51 (0.38) 0.23 1.43 (0.40) 1.46 (0.48) 0.58
Diabetes, n (%) 329 (7.81) 38 (10.41) 0.08 176 (8.29) 26 (10.20) 0.30 153 (7.32) 12 (10.91) 0.16
Antihypertensive medication, n (%) 2174 (51.61) 199 (54.52) 0.29 1110 (52.28) 138 (54.12) 0.58 1064 (50.93) 61 (55.45) 0.36

BMI body mass index; BP blood pressure; HDL high-density lipoprotein; SD standard deviation

a BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2

bSystolic BP ≥ 130 mm Hg or diastolic BP ≥ 85 mm Hg or antihypertensive medication

c Blood triglycerides ≥ 1.7 mmol/L

d HDL cholesterol < 1.0 mmol/L in men and  < 1.3 mmol/L in women

e Fasting plasma glucose ≥ 7.0 mmol/L or with a history of diabetes