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Table 4 Subject demographics for analysis using AHA/NHLBI criteria metabolic syndrome criteria affecting the obese with metabolic syndrome cohort and obese without metabolic syndrome cohort

From: Neutrophil killing of Staphylococcus aureus in diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome: a prospective cellular surveillance study

Cohort

Characteristics

Poorly-controlled diabetes mellitus (N = 14)

Well-controlled diabetes mellitus (N = 12)

Morbid obesity (N = 12)

Obese with metabolic syndrome (N = 28)*

Obese without metabolic syndrome (N = 12)*

Control (N = 12)

Sex, n (%)

 Male

10 (71.4)

6 (50.0)

6 (50.0)

18 (64.3)

8 (66.7)

4 (33.0)

 Female

4 (28.6)

6 (50.0)

6 (50.0)

10 (35.7)

4 (33.3)

8 (66.7)

Race, n (%)

 White

10 (71.4)

9 (75.0)

9 (75.0)

24 (85.7)

10 (83.3)

10 (83.3)

 Black or African American

3 (21.4

3 (25.0)

3 (25.0)

4 (14.3)

2 (16.7)

2 (16.7)

 Asian

1 (7.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 Hispanic or Latino

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (3.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Non-Hispanic/Latino

14 (100.0)

12 (100.0)

12 (100.0)

27 (96.4)

12 (100.0)

12 (100.0)

Age at entry (years)

 Mean (SD)

60.6 (7.11)

64.0 (8.10)

57.1 (8.82)

58.7 (9.98)

48.1 (9.72)

60.9 (11.37)

 Median (min, max)

62.0 (47, 72)

66.0 (48, 73)

56.0 (45, 70)

58.5 (41, 74)

48.5 (33, 70)

65.5 (34, 72)

  1. AHA/NHLBI American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  2. * Repeated analysis using AHA/NHLBI metabolic syndrome criteria [24] for obese with metabolic syndrome and obese without metabolic syndrome cohorts