Characteristics | Male | p | Female | p | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MetS present | MetS not present | MetS present | MetS not present | |||
N = 159 | N = 182 | N = 170 | N = 255 | |||
Age, years ** | 53.7 (5.8) | 50.7 (6.2) | <0.001 | 54.4 (5.7) | 50.5 (6.4) | <0.001 |
Body mass index ** | 29.8 (3.9) | 25.2 (2.5) | <0.001 | 30.8 (5.3) | 25.1 (3.5) | <0.001 |
Waist, cm ** | 103.8 (10.7) | 89.6 (7.2) | <0.001 | 96.2 (12.4) | 81.0 (8.5) | <0.001 |
FP-gluc mmol/L ** | 6.5 (1.4) | 5.8 (0.8) | <0.001 | 6.3 (1.5) | 5.5 (0.4) | <0.001 |
BP systolic, mmHg ** | 143 (19) | 136 (17) | <0.001 | 144 (17) | 131 (16) | <0.001 |
BP diastolic, mmHg ** | 87 (9) | 82 (10) | <0.001 | 86 (9) | 79 (8) | <0.001 |
HDL-C, mmol/L ** | 1.3 (0.4) | 1.6 (0.4) | <0.001 | 1.6 (0.4) | 1.8 (0.3) | <0.001 |
Trigly, mmol/L ** | 1.9 (1.5) | 1.1 (0.5) | <0.001 | 1.6 (0.8) | 1.0 (0.3) | <0.001 |
Creatinine μmol/L ** | 88.5 (11.9) | 85.9 (8.7) | 0.02 | 75.3 (14.8) | 73.8 (8.9) | 0.17 |
Hemoglobin (g/L) ** | 154 (9) | 150 (9) | <0.001* | 141 (10) | 136 (9) | <0.001* |
Ferritin (μg/L) ** | 216 (165) | 151 (112) | <0.001* | 94 (75) | 61 (48) | <0.001* |
TFR (mg/L) ** | 2.9 (2.8) | 2.6 (0.6) | 0.12* | 2.8 (0.9) | 2.7 (1.0) | 0.32* |
Haptoglobin (g/L) ** | 1.3 (0.6) | 1.1 (0.5) | 0.012* | 1.4 (0.6) | 1.2 (0.4) | <0.001* |
Hs-CRP (mg/L) ** | 2.4 (3.5) | 1.5 (2.9) | 0.058* | 3.1 (3.4) | 1.5 (2.3) | <0.001* |
Components of MetS: | ||||||
Waist n (%) | 102 (64) | 8 (4) | <0.001 | 134 (79) | 40 (16) | <0.001 |
FP-glucose n (%) | 144 (91) | 113 (62) | <0.001 | 139 (83) | 85 (33) | <0.001 |
Blood pressure n (%) | 146 (92) | 119 (65) | <0.001 | 154 (90) | 126 (49) | <0.001 |
HDL-cholesterol n (%) | 90 (57) | 2 (1) | <0.001 | 101 (59) | 10 (4) | <0.001 |
Triglycerides n (%) | 116 (73) | 16 (9) | <0.001 | 118 (69) | 6 (2) | <0.001 |
Life-style factors, n (%): | ||||||
Current smoker | 42 (26) | 46 (25) | 0.81 | 25 (14) | 49 (19) | 0.23 |
Current use of alcohol | 0.038 | |||||
Low (nothing) | 20 (12) | 26 (14) | 0.055 | 46 (28) | 46 (18) | |
Moderate | 68 (43) | 97 (54) | 0.055 | 97 (58) | 177 (70) | |
High | 71 (45) | 58 (32) | 0.055 | 24 (14) | 31 (12) | |
Physical activity n (%) | 0.83 | |||||
Low | 33 (21) | 56 (31) | 0.11 | 55 (33) | 80 (32) | |
Moderate | 97 (61) | 96 (53) | 0.11 | 92 (55) | 146 (57) | |
High | 29 (18) | 30 (16) | 0.11 | 21 (12) | 28 (11) |