Table 1.
Characteristics of the study participants in relation to their MetS status.
| IDF MetS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entire Cohort (n = 185) | No (n = 108) | Yes (n = 77) | |||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p-Values | |
| Age (years) | 39.9 | 10.7 | 37.3 | 10.2 | 43.7 | 10.3 | <0.001 |
| Years in the taxi driving industry (n) | 9.1 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 11.7 | 8.4 | <0.001 |
| Sleep duration (hours) | 6.1 | 1.1 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 0.624 |
| WC_(cm) | 99.1 | 18.3 | 90.7 | 14.5 | 110.8 | 16.7 | <0.001 |
| Weight_(kg) | 84.6 | 20.4 | 75.5 | 16.4 | 97.3 | 18.7 | <0.001 |
| Height_(cm) | 171.9 | 8.1 | 171.4 | 7.2 | 172.6 | 9.3 | 0.346 |
| FBG_(mmol/L) | 6.4 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 7.9 | 4.8 | <0.001 |
| SBP_(mmHg) | 133.3 | 17.2 | 127.4 | 13.3 | 141.5 | 18.8 | <0.001 |
| DBP_(mmHg) | 84.7 | 13.2 | 79.1 | 9.1 | 92.7 | 13.9 | <0.001 |
| hsCRP_(mg/L) | 4.9 | 8.4 | 4.3 | 9.6 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 0.287 |
| LDL-C _(mmol/L) | 2.8 | 0.82 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.336 |
| Triglycerides_(mmol/L) | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 1.5 | <0.001 |
| HDL-C_(mmol/L) | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | <0.001 |
| BMI_(kg/m2) | 28.6 | 6.5 | 25.7 | 5.2 | 32.7 | 5.9 | <0.001 |
| WHtR | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | <0.001 |
SD—standard deviation; IDF—International Diabetes Federation; WC—waist circumference; FBG—fasting blood glucose; SBP—systolic blood pressure; DBP—diastolic blood pressure; hsCRP—high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; LDL-C—low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C—high-density lipoprotein; BMI—body mass index; WHtR—waist-to-height ratio.