. 2021 Oct 22;10(21):4866. doi: 10.3390/jcm10214866

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of study subjects.

		Non-MetS		MetS		p-Value
		n or Mean	% or SD	n or Mean	% or SD	p-Value
Age		43.91	9.42	46.12	9.30	<0.0001 *^,a
Sex	Male	45,157	(54.53%)	8253	(72.31%)	<0.0001 *^,b
Sex	Female	37,652	(45.47%)	3161	(27.69%)
Waist circumference		82.00	7.86	93.40	8.15	<0.0001 *^,a
Systolic blood pressure		116.39	11.18	127.91	11.97	<0.0001 *^,a
Diastolic blood pressure		70.96	8.99	79.11	9.29	<0.0001 *^,a
HDL		61.84	15.62	45.79	11.83	<0.0001 *^,a
TG		107.12	64.92	233.77	141.82	<0.0001 *^,a
FPG		90.89	14.14	109.39	28.33	<0.0001 *^,a
BMI		23.26	3.00	27.50	3.24	<0.0001 *^,a

Abbreviations: MetS, metabolic syndrome; Non-MetS, without metabolic syndrome; HDL, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; BMI, body mass index. * p values between Non-MetS and MetS were tested using the t-test ^a and chi-square ^b. * Statistically significant. p < 0.05.