Table 3 Metabolic risk factors for diagnosis of metabolic syndrome according to the IDF
Firefighters | Office workers | Office worker vs. firefighter | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Mean | SD | Median | n | Mean | SD | Median | Estimated differencea (95 % CI) p value | |
Central risk factors | |||||||||
Waist circumference (cm) | 97 | 89.8 | 10.0 | 90.0 | 46 | 97.3 | 11.7 | 94.5 | 5.08 (1.44 to 8.71) p = 0.007 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 97 | 25.9 | 3.2 | 25.1 | 46 | 26.4 | 4.1 | 25.5 | 0.08 (−1.22 to 1.38) p = 0.904 |
Other risk factors | |||||||||
Triglyceride (mg/dl) | 97 | 142.2 | 75.1 | 126.0 | 46 | 162.1 | 91.4 | 130.0 | 9.55 (−19.37 to 38.47) p = 0.515 |
HDL (mg/dl) | 97 | 55.5 | 12.7 | 53.0 | 46 | 55.8 | 14.8 | 54.5 | 0.61 (−4.18 to 5.40) p = 0.802 |
RRsRest (mmHg) | 97 | 126.4 | 9.8 | 128.0 | 46 | 129.1 | 11.7 | 130.0 | 2.19 (−1.81 to 6.19) p = 0.281 |
RRdRest (mmHg) | 97 | 84.1 | 7.4 | 80.0 | 46 | 86.6 | 8.7 | 90.0 | 1.55 (−1.34 to 4.44) p = 0.292 |
HbA1c (%) | 97 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 5.5 | 46 | 5.4 | 0.6 | 5.4 | −0.09 (−0.25 to 0.07) p = 0.255 |