Table 4.
Mean values of risk factors for metabolic syndrome in analyses stratified by sex and physical activity
| Men (n = 269) | Women (n = 367) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With | Without | Pb | With | Without | Pb | |||||
| Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | |||
| Q1. Exercisea, n | 104 | 165 | 121 | 246 | ||||||
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 23.3 | (3.0) | 23.3 | (3.0) | 0.809 | 21.9 | (3.2) | 22.1 | (3.6) | 0.600 |
| Waist circumference, cm | 84.7 | (7.8) | 85.1 | (8.2) | 0.741 | 81.6 | (9.6) | 81.3 | (10.0) | 0.932 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 133.0 | (15.7) | 130.3 | (17.0) | 0.279 | 129.7 | (15.0) | 129.4 | (16.5) | 0.463 |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg | 76.6 | (10.4) | 76.4 | (11.6) | 0.742 | 73.0 | (10.4) | 73.4 | (10.5) | 0.509 |
| Triglyceride, mg/dL | 135.8 | (100.7) | 135.3 | (79.6) | 0.898 | 99.8 | (55.0) | 103.7 | (58.4) | 0.430 |
| HDL-C, mg/dL | 59.3 | (13.9) | 57.6 | (16.8) | 0.357 | 67.8 | (15.9) | 69.2 | (16.7) | 0.482 |
| LDL-C, mg/dL | 113.8 | (30.5) | 120.0 | (30.7) | 0.261 | 112.4 | (25.5) | 122.8 | (31.1) | 0.001 |
| HbA1c, % | 5.9 | (0.7) | 6.0 | (0.9) | 0.226 | 5.8 | (0.4) | 5.8 | (0.5) | 0.222 |
| Q2. Daily physical activitya, n | 142 | 127 | 173 | 194 | ||||||
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 23.1 | (3.0) | 23.6 | (3.3) | 0.248 | 21.4 | (3.2) | 22.6 | (3.6) | 0.001 |
| Waist circumference, cm | 84.2 | (7.2) | 85.9 | (8.9) | 0.102 | 79.6 | (9.2) | 82.9 | (10.1) | < 0.001 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 131.1 | (15.8) | 131.6 | (17.3) | 0.629 | 127.9 | (16.9) | 131.0 | (15.1) | 0.039 |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg | 75.9 | (11.4) | 77.2 | (10.8) | 0.402 | 72.4 | (10.2) | 74.1 | (10.7) | 0.104 |
| Triglyceride, mg/dL | 126.4 | (81.6) | 145.6 | (94.4) | 0.086 | 96.6 | (55.2) | 107.6 | (58.6) | 0.064 |
| HDL-C, mg/dL | 59.9 | (14.2) | 56.4 | (17.2) | 0.070 | 70.2 | (15.8) | 67.4 | (16.8) | 0.097 |
| LDL cholesterol, mg/dL | 118.5 | (29.7) | 116.6 | (31.9) | 0.331 | 113.5 | (27.2) | 124.7 | (30.9) | < 0.001 |
| HbA1c, %b | 5.9 | (0.7) | 6.1 | (1.0) | 0.268 | 5.7 | (0.4) | 5.8 | (0.5) | 0.014 |
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
bP independent t-test adjusted by age. Boldface indicates statistically significant differences