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Table 1 Metabolic Health, Obesity Status, and Subclinical Disease in the study population

From: The prevalence of the metabolically healthy obese phenotype in an aging population and its association with subclinical cardiovascular disease: The Brazilian study on healthy aging

 

Overall N = 208

1. Metabolically healthy normal weight (N = 21; 10.1%)

2. Metabolically unhealthy normal weight (N = 43; 20.7%)

3. Metabolically healthy overweight/obese (N = 28; 13.5%)

4. Metabolically unhealthy overweight/obese (N = 116; 55.8%)

Overall p-values

Age, yrs (median, IQR)

83 (81,87)

85 (82,87)

83 (81,87)

84 (81,89)

83 (81,87)

0.55

Gender (Female), n (%)

164 (79)

13 (62)c

29 (67)e

24 (86)

98 (84)c,e

0.02

BMI, kg/m2(median, IQR)

26 (23,29)

22 (20,23)b,c

23 (21,24)d,e

26 (24,30)b,d

28 (26,31)c,e

0.000

Current Smokers, n (%)

5 (2)

0 (0)

1 (2)

1 (4)

3 (3)

0.87

Physical Activity Reaches WHO recommendation, n (%)

54 (27)

8 (40)

13 (32)

8 (29)

25 (22)

0.33

Systolic Blood Pressure,mmHg (median, IQR)

142 (132,57)

139 (119,145)

140 (129,165)

136 (131,151)

143 (135,157)

0.12

Diastolic Blood Pressure, mmHg (median, IQR)

73 (67,82)

74 (66,74)

71 (67,80)

73 (67,83)

75 (68,84)

0.72

“At Risk” Blood Pressure, n (%)

129 (62)

11 (52)a,b,c

38 (88)a,e

25 (89)b,f

115 (99)c,e,f

0.000

HbA1C (median, IQR)

6.0 (5.7,6.3)

5.8 (5.6,6.1)

5.8 (5.6,6.3)

5.7 (5.5,6.1)

6.1 (5.8,6.5)

0.02

Fasting Blood Glucose, mg/dL (median, IQR)

95 (89,105)

93 (86,96)

95 (89,107)

91 (85,93)

99 (89,113)

0.03

“At Risk” Fasting Blood Glucose, n (%)

40 (25)

3 (10)a,c

11 (34)a,d

0 (0)d,f

28 (36)c,f

0.000

Total Cholesterol, mg/dL (mean, SD)

198 (41)

220 (36)

190 (40)

207 (29)

196 (44)

0.03

LDL Cholesterol, mg/dL (mean, SD)

114 (36)

132 (33)

108 (37)

117 (23)

112 (38)

0.09

HDL Cholesterol mg/dL (median, IQR)

54 (45,63)

62 (56,70)c

55 (45,63)

60 (54,67)f

49 (42,60)c,f

0.000

“At Risk” HDL, n (%)

65 (31)

0 (0)a,c

14 (33)a,d

0 (0)d

51 (44)c

0.000

Triglycerides, mg/dl(median, IQR)

115 (90,156)

104 (91,119)

105 (88,152)

100 (83,113)f

134 (99,167)f

0.000

“At Risk” Triglycerides, n (%)

123 (59.4)

2 (10)a,c

30 (70)a,d

1 (4)d,f

90 (78)c,f

0.000

Waist Circumference, cm (mean, SD)

94.22 (12.1)

80.4 (7.3)b,c

83.9 (8.5)d,e

95.8 (10.0)b,d

100.1 (9.6)c,e

0.000

“At Risk” Waist Circumference, n (%)

129 (62.3)

0 (0)b,c

0 (0)d,e

23 (82.1)b,d

106 (91.4)e,c

0.000

Framingham Risk Score (median, IQR)

31 (20,48)

27 (21,37)

32 (20,51)

23 (17,35)

34 (21,50)

0.02

hs-CRP mg/dL (median, IQR)

1.9 (1.0,3.4)

1.9 (1.0,3.8)

1.5 (1.0,3.3)

1.8 (1.1,2.6)

2.1(1.0,3.9)

0.51

hs-CRP > 3 mg/dL, n (%)

66 (32)

7 (33)

13 (30)

4 (14)

42 (37)

0.15

Uric Acid, mg/dL (median, IQR)

5.1 (4.4,6.0)

4.9 (3.9,5.5)

5.0 (4.3,5.7)

5.7 (5.5,6.1)

5.3 (4.6,6.4)

0.01

Uric Acid >6 mg/dL, n (%)

52 (25)

3 (14)

7 (16)

4 (14)

38 (33)

0.06

Right CIMT, mm (mean, SD)

0.82 (0.15)

0.94 (0.23)

0.79 (0.12)

0.80 (0.09)

0.81 (.15)

0.14

Left CIMT, mm (mean, SD)

0.86 (0.17)

0.91 (0.18)

0.85 (0.14)

0.87 (0.09)

0.84 (0.20)

0.43

CACS, Agatston (median, IQR)

142 (34,424)

176 (73,698)

70 (11,474)

162 (46,403)

172 (36,392)

0.36

CACS = 0, n (%)

21 (12)

2 (10)

3 (8)

3 (12)

13 (14)

0.68

CACS = 1-100, n (%)

57 (32)

5 (26)

18 (46)

9 (34)

25 (27)

 

CACS = 100-400, n (%)

53 (30)

6 (32)

8 (20)

7 (27)

32 (34)

 

CACS ≥ 400, n (%)

46 (26)

6 (32)

10 (26)

7 (27)

23 (25)

 
  1. a = p < 0.05 between groups 1 and 2; b = p < 0.05 between groups 1 and 3; c = p < 0.05 between groups 1 and 4; d = p < 0.05 between groups 2 and 3; e = p < 0.05 between groups 2 and 4; f = p < 0.05 between groups 3 and 4.
  2. BMI = body mass index; WHO = world health organization; HbA1C = glycated hemoglobin; CACS = coronary artery calcium score; CIMT = carotid intima media thickness; hs-CRP = high sensitivity c-reactive protein.