Table 1 Participants characteristics with or without metabolic syndrome.
From: Components of Metabolic Syndrome and the Risk of Disability among the Elderly Population
Variables | N = 1778 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Non-metabolic syndrome N = 1004 | Metabolic syndrome N = 774 | Pvalue | |
Continuous variables | |||
Age (years), mean (SD) | 70.23(7.02) | 69.97(6.93) | 0.451 |
Systolic blood pressure, mean (SD) | 133.67(20.93) | 145.44(20.69) | <0.001 |
Diastolic blood pressure, mean (SD) | 68.83(12.28) | 72.81(13.80) | <0.001 |
Waist circumference (cm), mean (SD) | 95.61(12.48) | 105.38(11.75) | <0.001 |
Serum total cholesterol (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 205.35(36.43) | 212.19(43.05) | <0.001 |
Serum triglycerides (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 115.43(54.18) | 201.10(135.88) | <0.001 |
LDL (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 130.30(33.35) | 127.77(36.39) | 0.303 |
HDL (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 57.52(15.88) | 46.56(14.25) | <0.001 |
C-reactive protein (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 0.47(0.84) | 0.51(0.70) | 0.324 |
Serum albumin (g/dL), mean (SD) | 4.30(0.28) | 4.28(0.28) | 0.209 |
Serum AST (U/L), mean (SD) | 22.92(4.82) | 21.98(5.03) | <0.001 |
Serum total bilirubin (umol/L), mean (SD) | 11.49(4.61) | 10.78(4.02) | 0.001 |
Serum glucose (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 95.35(25.79) | 115.11(43.17) | <0.001 |
DSST score | 45.44(18.671) | 41.84(18.358) | <0.001 |
Self-reported dependence | |||
ADL, n (%) | 28(2.8) | 31(4.0) | 0.156 |
IADL, n (%) | 51(5.1) | 64(8.3) | 0.007 |
LSA, n (%) | 40(4.0) | 47(6.1) | 0.043 |
LEM, n (%) | 83(8.6) | 99(13.4) | 0.001 |
GPA, n (%) | 223(22.2) | 234(30.2) | <0.001 |
Categorical variables c | |||
Men, n (%) | 528(53.6) | 324(41.9) | <0.001 |
Non-Hispanic white, n (%) | 641(63.8) | 442(57.1) | 0.004 |
Hypertension, n (%) | 584(58.2) | 635(82.0) | <0.001 |
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 102(10.2) | 217(28.0) | <0.001 |
Stroke, n (%) | 46(4.6) | 44(5.7) | 0.291 |
Heart disease, n (%) | 164(16.3) | 148(19.1) | 0.126 |
Smoke, n (%) | 128(12.7) | 81(10.5) | 0.138 |
Cognition impairment * , n (%) | 195(19.4) | 191(24.6) | 0.005 |
