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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants with or without metabolic syndrome by sex

From: Metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for cancer mortality in the general Japanese population: the Jichi Medical School Cohort Study

 

Men

Pa

Women

Pa

Without MetS

With MetS

Without MetS

With MetS

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Number of participants

3973

88.4

522

11.6

 

6406

91.1

622

8.9

 
 

N

Median (IQR)

N

Median (IQR)

Pa

N

Median (IQR)

N

Median (IQR)

Pa

Age (year)

 

58 (45–64)

 

56 (46–63)

0.016

 

57 (47–64)

 

60 (53–65)

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

 

22.4 (20.8–24.0)

 

26.6 (25.8–28.1)

< 0.001

 

22.6 (20.8–24.4)

 

27.0 (25.9–28.9)

< 0.001

SBP (mmHg)

 

128 (115–141)

 

144 (135–156)

< 0.001

 

124 (112–139)

 

143 (134–156)

< 0.001

DBP (mmHg)

 

77 (70–86)

 

88 (82–94)

< 0.001

 

75 (67–83)

 

86 (80–92)

< 0.001

Plasma Glucose (mmol/L)

 

5.4 (4.9–6.1)

 

6.0 (5.3–7.1)

< 0.001

 

5.3 (4.9–5.8)

 

6.0 (5.2–7.1)

< 0.001

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

 

4.7 (4.2–5.3)

 

5.1 (4.4–5.7)

< 0.001

 

5.0 (4.4–5.6)

 

5.4 (4.8–6.0)

< 0.001

HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

 

1.2 (1.1–1.5)

 

1.0 (0.9–1.2)

< 0.001

 

1.3 (1.2–1.6)

 

1.1 (1.0–1.3)

< 0.001

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

 

1.1 (0.8–1.6)

 

2.1 (1.5–2.8)

< 0.001

 

1.0 (0.7–1.4)

 

1.9 (1.4–2.5)

< 0.001

Smoking

 

%

 

%

  

%

 

%

 

 Current

1946

49.0

230

44.1

0.101

336

5.3

30

4.8

0.345

 Former

1062

26.7

149

28.5

 

174

2.7

11

1.8

 

 Never

804

20.2

120

23.0

 

5535

86.4

541

87.1

 

 Data missing

161

4.1

23

4.4

 

361

5.6

40

6.3

 

Alcohol drinking

 Current

2811

70.8

343

65.7

0.210

1488

23.2

120

19.3

0.022

 Former

123

3.1

22

4.2

 

78

1.2

14

2.2

 

 Never

788

19.8

107

20.5

 

4353

68.0

411

66.1

 

 Data missing

251

6.3

50

9.6

 

487

7.6

77

12.4

 

Diabetes mellitus

83

2.1

22

4.2

0.002

67

1.0

43

6.9

< 0.001

Hypertension

334

8.4

99

19.0

< 0.001

619

9.7

205

33.0

< 0.001

Hyperlipidemia

43

1.1

11

2.1

0.002

93

1.5

49

7.9

< 0.001

Marital status

 Married

3644

91.7

473

90.6

0.278

5867

91.6

570

91.6

0.957

 Single

310

7.8

48

9.2

 

519

8.1

50

8.0

 

 Data missing

19

0.5

1

0.2

 

20

0.3

2

0.3

 

Education

 ≤ 15 years

1766

44.5

224

42.9

0.730

3176

49.6

364

58.5

< 0.001

 16–18 years

1683

42.4

231

44.3

 

2558

39.9

213

34.2

 

 ≥ 19 years

503

12.7

67

12.8

 

650

10.1

43

6.9

 

 Data missing

21

0.5

0

0

 

22

0.3

2

0.3

 

Physical activity

 Low

1232

31.0

204

39.1

0.001

2813

43.9

276

44.4

0.321

 Middle

1824

45.9

211

40.4

 

2942

45.9

293

47.1

 

 High

730

18.4

81

15.5

 

335

5.2

24

3.9

 

 Data missing

187

4.7

26

5.0

 

316

4.9

29

4.7

 

Occupation

 White-collar

869

21.9

142

27.2

0.002

1491

23.3

125

20.1

< 0.001

 Blue-collar

2548

64.1

296

56.7

 

2296

35.8

192

30.9

 

 No working

532

13.4

84

16.1

 

2596

40.5

303

48.7

 

 Data missing

24

0.6

0

0

 

23

0.4

2

0.3

 
  1. MetS metabolic syndrome, BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HDL high-density lipoprotein, IQR interquartile range
  2. aThe Mann–Whitney U test or χ2 test were performed
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