Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants according to metabolic health.

From: Gut microbiota and metabolic health among overweight and obese individuals

Characteristics

Metabolically healthy (MH)

Metabolically unhealthy (MU)

p valuea

Number (male/female)

317 (249/68)

430 (343/87)

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Age (years)

44.12 (8.20)

47.85 (9.01)

 < 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

25.10 (1.62)

26.27 (2.43)

 < 0.001

Weight (kg)

72.30 (8.44)

75.25 (10.09)

0.021

Waist circumference (cm)

86.11 (5.73)

89.76 (6.73)

 < 0.001

Fat percentage (%)

25.71 (5.90)

27.66 (6.24)

 < 0.001

Current smoker (%)

20.2

22.3

0.420

Glucose (mg/dl)

90.90 (5.07)

104.54 (21.81)

 < 0.001

Insulin (pmol/l)

5.48 (2.76)

7.66 (4.59)

 < 0.001

Systolic BP (mmHg)

109.80 (9.69)

117.51 (13.98)

 < 0.001

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

70.62 (7.67)

76.31 (10.87)

 < 0.001

HOMA-IR

1.24 (0.65)

2.02 (1.40)

 < 0.001

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

202.51 (32.48)

198.83 (36.56)

0.154

LDL-C (mg/dl)

125.28 (29.20)

122.94(32.60)

0.313

HDL-C (mg/dl)

56.07 (11.26)

49.23 (12.38)

 < 0.001

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

119.42 (68.67)

157.02 (88.49)

 < 0.001

ALT (U/l)

21.24 (11.90)

29.03 (20.07)

 < 0.001

AST (U/l)

21.21 (6.69)

24.26 (10.23)

 < 0.001

hsCRP (mg/l)

0.11 (0.25)

0.10 (0.11)

0.546

  1. ap value for difference between MH and MU groups by t test for continuous variables.