Table 1 Basic characteristics of 13,744 MS participants according to the famine exposure
Components | No-exposed (n = 3119) | Uterine exposed (n = 1777) | Childhood exposed (n = 8848) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (year) | 40.3 ± 3.2 | 46.1 ± 1.3 | 53.1 ± 2.8 |  < 0.001 |
Male (%) | 80.6 | 73.4 | 72.7 |  < 0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 28.2 ± 3.3 | 27.8 ± 3.4 | 27.5 ± 3.1 |  < 0.001 |
FBG (mmol/L) | 6.0 ± 2.0 | 6.3 ± 2.2 | 6.3 ± 2.2 |  < 0.001 |
SBP (mmHg) | 135.3 ± 17.9 | 138.0 ± 19.1 | 141.7 ± 19.3 |  < 0.001 |
DBP (mmHg) | 89.9 ± 12.2 | 90.1 ± 12.2 | 90.2 ± 11.5 | 0.188 |
WC (cm) | 95.0 ± 7.5 | 95.1 ± 7.9 | 95.1 ± 7.5 | 0.964 |
LDL (mmol/L) | 2.4 ± 0.8 | 2.4 ± 0.8 | 2.3 ± 0.9 | 0.104 |
HDL (mmol/L) | 1.4 ± 0.4 | 1.5 ± 0.4 | 1.5 ± 0.4 | 0.001 |
Education (%) |  < 0.001 | |||
 Low | 2320(74.4) | 1461(82.2) | 7675(86.7) |  |
 High | 799(25.6) | 316(17.8) | 1173(13.3) |  |
Smoking (n, %) | 1269(40.7) | 705(39.7) | 2901(32.8) |  < 0.001 |
Drinking (n, %) | 1511(48.4) | 735(41.4) | 3082(34.8) |  < 0.001 |
Physical activity (%) | 211(6.8) | 125(7.0) | 1359(15.4) |  < 0.001 |
Hypertension (%) | 1890(60.6) | 1138(64.0) | 6325(71.5) |  < 0.001 |
Diabetes (%) | 431(13.8) | 359(20.2) | 1899(21.5) |  < 0.001 |
Use of antihypertensive medications (%) | 365(11.7) | 284(16.0) | 1879(21.2) |  < 0.001 |
Use of hypoglycemic medications (%) | 63(2.0) | 57(3.2) | 440(5.0) |  < 0.001 |
Use of hypolipidemic medications (%) | 44(1.4) | 17(1.0) | 159(1.8) | 0.023 |