Table 2.
Association of the mMDS (categorized into quartiles) with anthropometric measures, blood pressure, and biochemical variables.
| mMDS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk Factor | 1st Quartile | 2nd Quartile | 3rd Quartile | 4th Quartile | P Trend * | P Trend † | P Trend ‡ |
| Number of subjects | 106 | 122 | 118 | 114 | |||
| Anthropometric variables | |||||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 30.59 (4.06) | 30.14 (4.82) | 30.17 (4.70) | 29.16 (3.77) | 0.023 | 0.030 | 0.914 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 102.0 (11.6) | 100.6 (13.6) | 99.3 (12.9) | 96.8 (11.0) | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.685 |
| Body fat percentage (%) | 28.96 (5.64) | 28.61 (6.38) | 28.42 (7.06) | 26.42 (6.75) | 0.005 | 0.002 | 0.886 |
| Blood pressure variables | |||||||
| Resting SBP (mmHg) | 125.7 (10.8) | 124.7 (11.4) | 126.6 (12.7) | 125.1 (9.5) | 0.980 | 0.836 | 0.515 |
| Resting DBP (mmHg) | 79.6 (7.2) | 78.8 (6.7) | 79.3 (6.3) | 78.6 (7.1) | 0.418 | 0.522 | 0.927 |
| Biochemical variables | |||||||
| Total Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 200.2 (36.6) | 193.1 (37.0) | 198.2 (41.4) | 197.5 (35.4) | 0.894 | 0.876 | 0.742 |
| HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 45.6 (10.1) | 48.6 (11.9) | 48.7 (11.5) | 50.9 (11.4) | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.022 |
| LDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 127.3 (32.7) | 119.5 (30.1) | 124.4 (35.3) | 123.6 (32.2) | 0.703 | 0.690 | 0.587 |
| Total Cholesterol/HDL ratio | 4.60 (1.31) | 4.19 (1.58) | 4.27 (1.28) | 4.03 (0.96) | 0.004 | 0.007 | 0.020 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 140.8 (85.9) | 118.4 (62.7) | 129.2 (88.4) | 116.9 (65.7) | 0.071 | 0.107 | 0.364 |
| Glucose (mg/dL) | 99.9 (14.3) | 100.9 (23.2) | 98.6 (20.5) | 98.6 (18.9) | 0.450 | 0.594 | 0.770 |
* unadjusted; † adjusted for gender and age; ‡ adjusted for age, gender, race, physical activity, and smoking.