Table 2.
Participant characteristics and physical activities (n = 636)
| Men (n = 269, 42.3%) | Women (n = 367, 57.7%) | P for sex-related differencesc | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | |||
| Q1. Exercisea | ||||||
| With | 104 | (38.7) | 121 | (33.0) | 0.154 | |
| without | 165 | (61.3) | 246 | (67.0) | ||
| Q2. Daily physical activitya | ||||||
| With | 142 | (52.8) | 173 | (47.1) | 0.173 | |
| Without | 147 | (54.6) | 194 | (52.9) | ||
| Metabolic syndromeb | ||||||
| Case | 123 | (45.7) | 58 | (15.8) | <0.001 | |
| Non-case | 146 | (54.3) | 309 | (84.2) | ||
| mean | (SD) | mean | (SD) | |||
| Age, years | 66.1 | (7.8) | 66.3 | (7.1) | 0.001 | |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 23.3 | (3.0) | 22.1 | (3.5) | 0.017 | |
| Waist circumference, cm | 85.0 | (8.0) | 81.4 | (9.8) | 0.014 | |
| Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 131.3 | (16.5) | 129.5 | (16.0) | 0.004 | |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg | 76.5 | (11.1) | 73.3 | (10.5) | 0.014 | |
| Triglyceride, mg/dL | 135.5 | (88.2) | 102.4 | (57.2) | 0.088 | |
| HDL-C, mg/dL | 58.2 | (15.8) | 68.7 | (16.4) | 0.052 | |
| LDL-C, mg/dL | 117.6 | (30.7) | 119.4 | (29.7) | 0.005 | |
| HbA1c, % | 6.0 | (0.8) | 5.8 | (0.5) | 0.011 | |
HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin
a”Q1. Exercise" and "Q2. Daily physical activity”: see Table 1
bMetabolic syndrome: case (metabolic syndrome and pre-metabolic syndrome), non-case (non-metabolic syndrome)
cP for sex-related difference, independent t-test for continuous variables, or Fisher's exact test for categorical variables. Boldface indicates statistically significant differences