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Table 1 Basic characteristics of study subjects ( n= 513)

From: Lipid accumulation product: a simple and accurate index for predicting metabolic syndrome in Taiwanese people aged 50 and over

Variable

Mean

Male (n = 266)

Female (n = 247)

P

Age (years)

59.1 ± 7.0

59.3 ± 6.9*

58.8 ± 7.0

0.226

Hypertension, n (%)

146 (28.5)

85 (32.0)

61(24.7)

0.069

Diabetes, n (%)

49 (9.6)

28 (10.5)

21 (8.5)

0.436

Waist circumference (cm)

80.0 ± 8.6

84.0 ± 7.6

75.6 ± 7.3

< 0.001

Central obesity, n (%)

114 (22.2)

50 (18.8)

64 (25.9)

0.053

Hip circumference (cm)

92.5 ± 5.4

92.4 ± 5.3

92.6 ± 5.4

0.692

Waist-to-hip ratio (%)

86.4 ± 7.2

91.7 ± 5.4

81.7 ± 5.9

< 0.001

WHtR (%)

49.8 ± 4.9

50.6 ± 4.5

48.9 ± 5.1

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

24.2 ± 3.0

24.5 ± 2.7

23.9 ± 3.0

0.005

Body adiposity index

27.6 ± 3.9

25.2 ± 2.7

30.1 ± 3.4

< 0.001

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

130 ± 19

128 ± 18

132 ± 20

0.007

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

76 ± 12

79 ± 11

72 ± 12

< 0.001

Total cholesterol (mM)

5.09 ± 0.92

4.97 ± 0.96

5.21 ± 0.85

0.001

Total cholesterol ≥ 6.22 mM, n (%)

52 (10.1)

21 (7.9)

31 (12.6)

0.081

HDL-C (mM)

1.40 ± 0.39

1.28 ± 0.36

1.52 ± 0.39

< 0.001

HDL-C < 0.9 mM in men or < 1.03 mM in women, n (%)

128 (25.0)

54 (20.3)

74 (30.0)

0.012

Triglyceride (mM)

1.33 ± 0.78

1.42 ± 0.85

1.22 ± 0.70

0.002

Triglyceride ≥ 1.70 mM, n (%)

121 (23.6)

70 (26.3)

51 (20.6)

0.131

Fasting glucose (mM)

5.25 ± 1.08

5.29 ± 1.10

5.19 ± 1.05

0.127

Fasting glucose ≥ 5.6 mM, n (%)

95 (18.5)

56 (21.1)

39 (15.8)

0.125

MS-TW, n (%)

105 (20.5)

52 (19.5)

53 (21.5)

0.592

LAP

25.9 ± 21.6

23.0 ± 23.2

28.6 ± 19.3

0.001

  1. *Values are mean ± standard deviation except otherwise denoted.
  2. Central obesity: waist circumference ≥ 90 cm in males and ≥ 80 cm in females.
  3. Body adiposity index: (hip circumference/height1.5) − 18.
  4. Hypertension: subjects with a history of hypertension or using antihypertensive medications.
  5. HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, MS-TW: metabolic syndrome criteria for Taiwanese, WHtR waist-to-height ratio, BMI body mass index, LAP lipid accumulation product.