Table 1 Characteristics of the study group, including the division into patients with and without diagnosed metabolic syndrome.
Variable | The whole group N (%) | Metabolic syndrome N (%) | Lack of metabolic syndrome N (%) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age M ± SD | 47.9 ± 9.3 | 46.7 ± 8.9 | 51.9 ± 9.1 | < 0.001† |
Sex | ||||
Female | 672 (64.4) | 150 (22.3) | 522 (77.7) | 0.376‡ |
Male | 372 (35.6) | 92 (24.7) | 280 (75.3) | |
Type of profession | ||||
White-collar worker | 464 (44.4) | 75 (16.2) | 389 (83.8) | < 0.001‡ |
Manual worker | 290 (27.8) | 60 (20.7) | 230 (79.3) | |
Farmer | 85 (8.1) | 34 (40.0) | 51 (60.0) | |
Pensioner | 100 (9.6) | 41 (41.0) | 59 (59.0) | |
Other | 105 (10.1) | 32 (30.7) | 73 (69.3) | |
Education | ||||
Basic vocational | 231 (22.1) | 76 (36.8) | 155 (67.2) | < 0.001‡ |
Secondary | 286 (27.4) | 64 (22.4) | 222 (77.6) | |
Higher | 462 (44.3) | 79 (17.1) | 383 (82.98) | |
Other | 65 (6.2) | 23 (35.4) | 42 (64.6) | |
Place of residence | ||||
Village | 326 (31.2) | 104 (31.9) | 222 (68.1) | < 0.001‡ |
City of up to 50 000 inhabitants | 261 (25.0) | 68 (26.1) | 193 (73.9) | |
City of over 50 000 inhabitants | 457 (43.8) | 70 (15.3) | 387 (84.7) | |
Heart attack and/or stroke in a father under 55? | 91 (8.7) | 23 (25.3) | 68 (74.7) | 0.621‡ |
Heart attack and/or stroke in a mother under 65? | 48 (4.6) | 8 (16.7) | 40 (83.3) | 0.277‡ |
Smoking | ||||
Smokes cigarettes | 248 (23.8) | 71 (28.6) | 177 (71.4) | 0.112‡ |
Smoked in the past | 177 (16.9) | 41 (23.2) | 136 (76.8) | |
Passive smoking | 22 (2.1) | 4 (18.2) | 18 (81.8) | |
Does not smoke | 597 (57.2) | 126 (21.1) | 471 (78.9) | |
Moderate physical activity | ||||
I don't do that kind of activity | 413 (39.6) | 113 (27.4) | 300 (72.6) | 0.048‡ |
1–2 times a week | 211 (20.2) | 43 (20.4) | 168 (79.6) | |
3–4 times a week | 188 (18.0) | 35 (18.6) | 153 (81.4) | |
> 4 times a week | 232 (22.2) | 51 (21.9) | 181 (78.1) | |
Average time of moderate physical activity [min/week] | 189.2 ± 420.5 | 221.6 ± 488.7 | 179.4 ± 397.4 | 0.151† |
Intense physical activity | ||||
I don't do that kind of activity | 816 (78.2) | 199 (24.4) | 617 (75.6) | 0.043‡ |
1–2 times a week | 96 (9.1) | 21 (21.9) | 75 (78.1) | |
3–4 times a week | 73 (7.0) | 12 (16.4) | 61 (83.6) | |
> 4 times a week | 59 (5.7) | 10 (16.9) | 49 (83.1) | |
Average time of intense physical activity [min/week] | 37.3 ± 116.8 | 25.5 ± 83.1 | 40.9 ± 124.9 | 0.047† |
