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. 2021 Dec 7;186(2):233–244. doi: 10.1530/EJE-21-0743

Table 1.

Baseline and the second resurvey characteristics of the study population. Data are presented as mean ± S.D. for continuous variables and percentage for categorical variables.

Characteristics Baseline Second resurvey
All Metabolically healthy Metabolically unhealthy All Metabolically healthy Metabolically unhealthy
Normal weight Overweight Obese Normal weight Overweight Obese Normal weight Overweight Obese Normal weight Overweight Obese
No. of participants 432 763 229 721 106 242 14 987 11 820 40 659 29 334 14 894 6579 3612 679 754 2155 1115
Demographic factors
 Age (years) 51.0 (10.4) 50.6 (10.6) 49.7 (9.6) 48.1 (9.1) 57.0 (10.2) 54.8 (10.1) 53.0 (10.0) 57.5 (9.7) 58.0 (10.0) 56.1 (9.3) 56.0 (9.4) 61.1 (9.9) 58.0 (9.4) 57.0 (9.3)
 Male (%) 41.0 43.0 39.8 29.9 33.9 41.7 37.1 37.5 39.0 39.6 33.9 26.5 34.4 37.7
 Urban (%) 43.5 37.7 48.9 53.1 42.0 50.5 54.8 38.1 33.6 43.6 44.7 33.4 40.8 40.2
Socioeconomic factors
 Middle school or higher (%) 50.3 50.6 51.2 49.5 49.3 49.3 46.9 48.3 48.4 48.9 44.1 51.3 47.7 47.4
 Household income≥20 000 yuan/year (%) 43.1 41.7 43.9 43.2 44.4 46.8 44.3 78.5 78.1 79.7 77.5 75.9 79.1 78.7
 Married (%) 91.3 90.6 92.4 92.6 90.3 92.1 91.8 89.2 88.6 89.8 89.3 89.8 89.6 89.8
Lifestyle factors
 Current smoker (%) 29.1 30.7 27.0 27.2 29.0 27.6 26.6 23.5 25.1 21.3 20.0 26.3 22.3 23.7
 Weekly drinker (%) 15.3 15.2 14.7 14.0 18.4 16.6 15.6 12.7 12.9 12.1 12.0 11.8 12.9 13.7
 Physical activity (MET-h/day) 21.8 (13.9) 22.4 (14.1) 21.7 (13.8) 20.8 (13.0) 21.7 (14.2) 20.8 (13.3) 19.9 (12.9) 19.9 (14.0) 20.5 (14.6) 20.3 (13.7) 20.0 (13.4) 19.0 (13.1) 18.6 (13.3) 18.1 (13.1)
 Meat intake (days/week) 3.7 (2.5) 3.6 (2.5) 3.8 (2.6) 3.8 (2.6) 3.6 (2.5) 3.8 (2.6) 3.8 (2.6) 4.2 (2.7) 4.2 (2.8) 4.3 (2.7) 4.3 (2.7) 4.1 (2.9) 4.2 (2.8) 4.2 (2.7)
 Vegetable intake (days/week) 6.8 (0.8) 6.8 (0.8) 6.9 (0.7) 6.8 (0.7) 6.8 (0.9) 6.8 (0.7) 6.9 (0.6) 6.9 (0.7) 6.9 (0.7) 6.9 (0.5) 6.9 (0.7) 6.9 (0.8) 6.9 (0.7) 6.9 (0.7)
 Fruit intake (days/week) 2.6 (2.5) 2.5 (2.4) 2.7 (2.5) 2.7 (2.7) 2.4 (2.4) 2.6 (2.6) 2.6 (2.7) 3.6 (2.7) 3.6 (2.7) 3.7 (2.7) 3.7 (2.6) 3.6 (2.7) 3.6 (2.7) 3.7 (2.7)
Physical measurements
 BMI (kg/m2) 23.8 (3.1) 21.6 (1.5) 25.4 (1.1) 29.4 (1.6) 22.2 (1.4) 26.1 (1.1) 30.1 (2.0) 24.3 (3.1) 21.7 (1.4) 25.5 (1.1) 29.7 (1.9) 22.5 (1.2) 26.0 (1.1) 30.1 (2.0)
 Waist–hip ratio 80.5 (9.2) 74.7 (5.9) 83.3 (5.5) 91.5 (7.4) 79.9 (8.4) 89.9 (5.2) 96.2 (6.7) 84.4 (9.2) 77.7 (6.0) 86.7 (5.7) 96.4 (7.0) 83.3 (6.3) 90.6 (5.1) 98.4 (7.2)
 SBP (mmHg) 130.4 (20.8) 125.8 (19.6) 129.6 (19.1) 126.4 (15.1) 142.6 (18.3) 144.1 (18.6) 147.0 (19.1) 134.8 (20.1) 130.3 (19.5) 133.1 (19.2) 137.0 (20.4) 142.7 (17.9) 142.5 (18.7) 144.6 (19.0)
 DBP (mmHg) 77.8 (11.1) 75.2 (10.4) 77.7 (10.4) 76.5 (8.8) 83.4 (10.3) 84.8 (10.4) 86.2 (10.8) 78.4 (10.9) 75.4 (10.2) 78.0 (10.2) 81.1 (10.5) 81.7 (10.7) 83.0 (10.5) 85.2 (11.1)
Self-reported conditions (%)
 High waist 23.4 1.2 18.5 68.0 36.9 88.4 98.8 38.7 4.9 44.0 92.6 35.8 85.7 98.7
 Hypertension 48.7 37.4 42.9 22.2 97.5 95.4 96.0 60.6 48.3 53.2 60.8 92.1 86.3 88.5
 Hyperglycaemia 7.8 3.6 2.8 1.1 60.7 22.2 14.3 3.8 1.9 1.5 0.8 14.4 8.7 10.3
 High TG 35.3 18.0 19.9 12.3 89.5 81.0 77.0
 Low HDL-C 36.1 22.0 25.0 13.6 81.6 71.1 69.8

All variables were adjusted for age, sex, and region except for the number of participants, age, and male (%).

DBP, diastolic blood pressure; MET-h/day, metabolic equivalents of task per hour per day; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TG, triglyceride.