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Table 1 Characteristics of participants with and without MetS and who climb or do not climb stairs every day

From: Daily stair climbing is associated with decreased risk for the metabolic syndrome

Variable

No MetS

(N = 402)

MetS

(N = 380)

p

Daily Stairs

Stairs

(N = 676)

Not Daily

(N = 106)

p

Mean (SD) / N (%)

 

Mean (SD) / N (%)

Sex (Male)

167 (42)

192 (51)

.01

315 (47)

44 (42)

.33

Age (years)

58.4 (0.96)

58.3 (0.94)

.40

58.3 (0.94)

58.4 (1.03)

.60

Marital Status

 Married

303 (76)

294 (78)

.92

527 (78)

70 (66)

.09

 Divorced

45 (11)

38 (10)

 

66 (10)

17 (16)

 

 Widowed

21 (5)

18 (5)

 

32 (5)

7 (7)

 

 Never married

32 (8)

29 (8)

 

49 (7)

12 (11)

 

Socio-economic status

50.2 (14.14)

49.2 (14.23)

.33

50.0 (14.35)

48.2 (13.02)

.22

Smoking

 Smoker

98 (24)

94 (25)

.03

156 (23)

36 (34)

.04

 Ex-smoker

144 (36)

166 (44)

 

270 (40)

40 (39)

 

 Never smoker

160 (40)

119 (31)

 

249 (37)

30 (27)

 

Self-reported health (reverse-scored)

2.8 (0.85)

3.1 (0.88)

<.001

2.9 (0.86)

3.2 (0.95)

.02

Sports participation (Yes)

253 (63)

184 (48)

<.001

380 (56)

57 (54)

.63

Famine exposure in 1st trimester (Yes)

36 (9)

38 (10)

.62

62 (9)

12 (11)

.48

MetS (Yes)

315 (47)

65 (61)

<.01

MetS (N of components)

1.4 (0.71)

3.5 (0.66)

<.001

2.4 (1.27)

2.8 (1.17)

<.01

Daily stair climbing (Yes)

361 (90)

315 (83)

<.01