Table 1 Demographic, biological, and environmental characteristics of the individuals according to season
Variables | Seasons | Total (n = 180) | p c | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winter (n = 84) | Spring (n = 50) | Summer (n = 28) | Autumn (n = 18) | |||
Gendera | 0.87 | |||||
Female | 66 (79) | 39 (78) | 23 (82) | 13 (72) | 141 (78) | |
Male | 18 (22) | 11 (22) | 5 (18) | 5 (28) | 39 (22) | |
Age (years)b | 51 ± 13 | 49 ± 10 | 47 ± 13 | 54 ± 14 | 50 ± 12 | 0.22 |
Number of MetS componentsa | 0.33d | |||||
3 components | 43 (51) | 21 (42) | 10 (36) | 6 (33) | 80 (44) | |
4 components | 29 (35) | 16 (32) | 13 (46) | 6 (33) | 64 (36) | |
5 components | 12 (14) | 13 (26) | 5 (18) | 6 (33) | 36 (20) | |
Self-referred skin colora | 0.59 | |||||
Black | 6 (7) | 4 (8) | – | – | 10 (6) | |
Mixed | 51 (61) | 26 (52) | 17 (61) | 15 (83) | 109 (61) | |
White | 22 (26) | 18 (36) | 10 (36) | 2 (11) | 52 (29) | |
Yellow | 3 (5) | 2 (4) | 1 (4) | 1 (6) | 7 (3) | |
Indigenous | 1 (1) | – | – | – | 1 (1) | |
Sunscreena | 0.25 | |||||
Do not use | 51 (61) | 37 (74) | 17 (61) | 14 (78) | 120 (67) | |
Always use | 33 (39) | 12 (24) | 11 (39) | 4 (22) | 60 (33) | |
Skin typea,e | 0.29 | |||||
I | 7 (8) | 5 (10) | 2 (7) | – | 14 (8) | |
II | 30 (36) | 13 (26) | 10 (36) | 4 (22) | 57 (32) | |
III | 20 (24) | 12 (24) | 6 (21) | 4 (22) | 42 (23) | |
IV | 17 (20) | 15 (30) | 5 (18) | 3 (17) | 40 (22) | |
V | 10 (12) | 5 (10) | 5 (18) | 7 (39) | 27 (15) | |
UVIb,f | 5.5 ± 1.4 | 7.9 ± 2.2 | 6.8 ± 0.4 | 5.8 ± 0.4 | 6.4 ± 1.8 | < 0.001 |