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Table 1 Demographics and baseline characteristics

From: Associations between metabolic syndrome and type of dementia: analysis based on the National Health Insurance Service database of Gangwon province in South Korea

 

Metabolic syndrome (n = 33,828)

No metabolic syndrome (n = 50,316)

p value

Mean age

67.42 ± 5.28

66.79 ± 5.11

< 0.0001

Sex, female number (%)a

23,020 (68.1)

25,088 (49.9)

< 0.0001

BMI

25.88 ± 2.96

23.68 ± 2.90

< 0.0001

Systolic BP

136.61 ± 15.15

126.54 ± 15.91

< 0.0001

Diastolic BP

82.03 ± 10.12

77.18 ± 9.97

< 0.0001

Fasting glucose

112.14 ± 31.27

96.70 ± 20.45

0.001

Total cholesterol

200.80 ± 46.30

194.55 ± 38.46

< 0.0001

Smoking, pack-year

1.33 ± 4.89

2.16 ± 5.99

< 0.0001

Alcohol, cup/week

1.20 ± 2.94

1.54 ± 3.20

< 0.0001

Previous stroke (%)a

804 (2.38)

876 (1.74)

< 0.0001

Previous cardiac disease (%)a

2137 (62.2)

2513 (5.8)

< 0.0001

Previous HTN (%)a

18,062 (62.2)

17,180 (39.6)

< 0.0001

Previous DM (%)a

6969 (24.1)

4102 (9.5)

< 0.0001

Previous dyslipidemia (%)a

2225 (7.7)

2493 (5.8)

< 0.0001

Physical inactivity (%)a

5487 (29.8)

9483 (35.0)

< 0.0001

High TG (%)a

21,746 (64.3)

7617 (15.1)

< 0.0001

High BP (%)a

27,571 (81.5)

22,848 (45.4)

< 0.0001

High glucose (%)a

22,422 (33.7)

12,804 (74.6)

< 0.0001

Abdominal obesity (%)a

26,806 (79.2)

14,939 (29.7)

< 0.0001

Low HDL-C (%)a

19,768 (58.4)

8,377 (16.65)

< 0.0001

  1. Data are mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated
  2. BMI body mass index, SD standard deviation, HTN hypertension, DM diabetes mellitus, TG triglyceride, BP blood pressure, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
  3. a Number (%)