Table 1 Baseline characteristics of very elderly according to MetS (Chinese criteria).

From: Total cholesterol and high density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio is associated with metabolic syndrome in a very elderly Chinese population

 

MetS (n = 224)

No MetS (n = 814)

P value

Age (years)

83.06 ± 2.90

83.71 ± 3.49

0.044

Male, n (%)

97 (43.3)

449 (55.2)

0.002

Current smoking, n (%)

27 (12.1)

88 (10.8)

0.649

Current drinking, n (%)

21 (9.4)

65 (8.0)

0.565

Medical history, n (%)

Hypertension

138 (61.6)

408 (50.1)

0.005

DM

71 (31.7)

107 (13.1)

< 0.001

Abdominal obesity, n (%)

202 (90.2)

272 (33.4)

< 0.001

Medication, n (%)

Antihypertensive

126 (56.2)

344 (42.3)

0.834

Antidiabetic

62 (27.6)

77 (9.4)

0.027

Lipid lowering

25 (11.2)

61 (7.5)

0.615

WC (cm)

95.10 ± 7.29

85.09 ± 10.30

< 0.001

Height (cm)

154.78 ± 10.11

155.01 ± 10.11

0.512

Body weight (kg)

60.81 ± 9.80

54.05 ± 10.74

< 0.001

BMI

25.34 ± 3.35

22.42 ± 3.57

< 0.001

SBP (mmHg)

152.9 ± 18.8

146.1 ± 22.9

< 0.001

DBP (mmHg)

75.8 ± 10.6

74.1 ± 12.4

0.030

FPG (mmol/L)

7.21 ± 2.85

5.28 ± 1.38

< 0.001

TC (mmol/L)

5.05 ± 1.02

4.84 ± 0.99

0.008

TG (mmol/L)

2.10 ± 1.09

1.19 ± 0.61

< 0.001

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.81 ± 0.74

2.53 ± 0.74

< 0.001

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.33 ± 0.36

1.67 ± 0.43

< 0.001

THR

4.00 ± 0.96

3.03 ± 0.79

< 0.001

SUA (µmol/L)

375.21 ± 88.84

350.66 ± 96.01

< 0.001

Creatinine (μmol/L)

109.05 ± 41.40

102.81 ± 29.72

0.231

eGFR (mL/(min∙1.73 m2))

55.14 ± 15.08

56.40 ± 18.41

0.044

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation for continuous variables or number (percentage) for categorical variables.
  2. BMI body mass index, DBP diastolic blood pressure, DM diabetes mellitus, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, FPG fast plasma glucose, HDL high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, SUA serum uric acid, SBP systolic blood pressure, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, THR total and high density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, WC Waist circumference.
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