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Table 2 Metabolic syndrome characteristics of the study population according to sex and depressive symptoms

From: Metabolic syndrome and depressive symptoms among rural Northeast general population in China

 

Total

P-valuea

Men

P-valuea

Women

P-valuea

Depressed

Not depressed

Depressed

Not depressed

Depressed

Not depressed

N = 685

N = 10745

 

N = 186

N = 5093

 

N = 499

N = 5652

 

Metabolic syndromeb, n (%)

319 (46.6)

4143 (38.6)

<0.001

60 (32.3)

1598 (31.4)

0.427

259 (51.9)

2545 (45.0)

0.002

Waist circumference componentc, n (%)

347 (50.7)

4552 (42.4)

<0.001

51 (27.4)

1410 (27.7)

0.506

296 (59.3)

3142 (55.6)

0.059

TG componentd, n (%)

260 (38.0)

3412 (31.8)

<0.001

65 (34.9)

1617 (31.7)

0.200

195 (39.1)

1795 (31.8)

0.001

HDL component, n (%)

249 (36.4)

3132 (29.1)

<0.001

35 (18.8)

820 (16.1)

0.186

214 (42.9)

2312 (40.9)

0.208

Hypertension component, n (%)

469 (68.5)

7204 (67.0)

0.234

137 (73.7)

3645 (71.6)

0.298

332 (66.5)

3559 (63.0)

0.062

Glucose component, n (%)

331 (48.3)

5048 (47.0)

0.26

91 (48.9)

2575 (50.6)

0.358

240 (48.1)

2473 (43.8)

0.034

Number of components, n

2.42 ± 1.43

2.17 ± 1.34

<0.001

2.04 ± 1.33

1.98 ± 1.26

0.516

2.56 ± 1.44

2.35 ± 1.40

0.001

Waist circumference, mean ± SD, cm

82.37 ± 9.92

82.45 ± 9.83

0.833

83.60 ± 10.00

83.80 ± 9.76

0.778

81.91 ± 9.86

81.23 ± 9.72

0.136

TG, mean ± SD, mg/dl

1.75 ± 1.51

1.63 ± 1.49

0.038

1.61 ± 1.10

1.66 ± 1.68

0.672

1.80 ± 1.64

1.60 ± 1.30

0.001

HDLe, mean ± SD, mg/dl

1.40 ± 0.40

1.41 ± 0.38

0.668

1.40 ± 0.47

1.41 ± 0.42

0.742

1.40 ± 0.37

1.41 ± 0.34

0.716

fSystolic blood pressure, mean ± SD, mmHg

143.74 ± 25.49

141.61 ± 23.32

0.021

145.94 ± 24.52

143.55 ± 22.56

0.158

142.92 ± 25.82

139.87 ± 23.86

0.006

fDiastolic blood pressure, mean ± SD, mmHg

82.29 ± 11.86

82.03 ± 11.76

0.569

83.79 ± 11.91

83.76 ± 11.81

0.977

81.74 ± 11.80

80.47 ± 11.50

0.019

gFasting glucose, mean ± SD, mg/dl

6.08 ± 1.75

5.89 ± 1.62

0.004

5.99 ± 1.59

5.95 ± 1.67

0.679

6.10 ± 1.81

5.84 ± 1.58

<0.001

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation; TG triglyceride; HDL high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
  2. aTwo-tailed Student’s t-test for normally distributed variables, Mann–Whitney U-test for skewed variables, and chi-square test for categorical variables. Boldface p-values are significant at α = 0.05
  3. bthe definition of MetS was according to previous study [13]
  4. cWaist circumference threshold for abdominal obesity for Asian population, ≥90 cm for men and ≥80 cm for women
  5. dSerum TG ≥150 mg/dL or antilipidemic medication
  6. eSerum HDL <40 mg/dL for men and <50 mg/dL for women
  7. fSystolic blood pressure ≥130 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ diastolic blood pressure ≥85 mm Hg or antihypertensive medication
  8. gFasting plasma glucose ≥100 mg/dL or antidiabetic medication
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