Table 1.
Characteristics of participants based on metabolic syndrome
| Participants’ characteristics | Metabolic syndrome | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No, n = 2367 | Yes, n = 1328 | p | |
| Age, years, mean (SD) | 46.2 (8.9) | 51.2 (9.2) | < 0.001 |
| Sex, n (%) | |||
| Male | 1224 (33.1) | 404 (10.9) | < 0.001 |
| Female | 1143 (30.9) | 924 (25.1) | |
| Marital Status, n (%) | |||
| Single | 63 (1.7) | 25 (0.7) | < 0.001 |
| Married | 2156 (58.3) | 1167 (31.6) | |
| Widowed/divorced | 148 (4.0) | 136 (3.7) | |
| Education, n (%) (years) | |||
| < 6 | 1244 (33.7) | 923 (24.9) | < 0.001 |
| 6–12 | 882 (23.9) | 328 (8.9) | |
| > 12 | 241 (6.5) | 77 (2.1) | |
| Sitting, hours/day, mean (SD) | 9.5 (2.5) | 10.5 (2.6) | < 0.001 |
| Sleep duration, hours, mean (SD) | 7.2 (1.4) | 7.1 (1.5) | 0.2 |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg, mean (SD) | 74.6 (9.5) | 81.1 (10.6) | < 0.001 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mmHg, mean (SD) | 113.9 (14.5) | 127.0 (18.9) | < 0.001 |
| Fasting blood glucose, mg/dL, mean (SD) | 96.5 (27.7) | 128.2 (55.7) | < 0.001 |
| High density lipoprotein, mg/dL, mean (SD) | 49.4 (10.4) | 45.1 (10.8) | < 0.001 |
| Triglyceride, mg/dL, mean (SD) | 113.8 (60.7) | 177.0 (112.2) | < 0.001 |
| Waist circumference, cm, mean (SD) | 90.1 (11.2) | 99.9 (10.2) | < 0.001 |
SD: standard deviation