Table 2.

Baseline metabolic status of the MHO participants divided by follow-up metabolic status

	MHNW → MHNW	MHNW → MUNW	P value	MHO → MHO	MHO → MUO	P value
Diabetes, n(%)	6 (1.5%)	10 (6.5%)	0.004	3 (1.9%)	6 (3.0%)	0.738
Hypertension, n(%)	32 (8.1%)	33 (21.3%)	< 0.001	21 (13.3%)	42 (21.2%)	0.052
Hypertriglyceridemia, n(%)	6 (1.5%)	7 (4.5%)	0.077	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.5%)	0.781
Hypercholesterolemia, n(%)	29 (7.3%)	23 (14.8%)	0.007	15 (9.5%)	16 (8.1%)	0.774
Metabolic syndrome, n(%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	–	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	–

MHNW, metabolically healthy normal weight; MUNW, metabolically unhealthy normal weight; MHO, metabolically healthy overweight/obesity; MUO, metabolically unhealthy overweight/obesity; MHNW→MHNW, remaining in MHNW; MHNW→MUNW, MHNW transition to MUNW; MHO→MHO, remaining in MHO; MHO→MUO, MHO transition to MUO