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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the participants

From: Household-specific physical activity levels and energy intakes according to the presence of metabolic syndrome in Korean young adults: Korean National Health and nutrition examination survey 2016–2018

 

Total (n = 3974)

Multi-person Households (n = 3619)

Single-person Households (n = 355)

Non-MetS (n = 3477)

MetS (n = 497)

p-Value

Non-MetS (n = 3169)

MetS (n = 450)

p-Value

Non-MetS (n = 308)

MetS (n = 47)

p-Value

Age (years)

29.6 ± 0.2

32.5 ± 0.3

<  0.001***

29.7 ± 0.2

32.7 ± 0.3

<  0.001***

28.7 ± 0.3

31.3 ± 0.9

0.008**

Height (cm)

167.9 ± 0.2

172.3 ± 0.4

<  0.001***

167.7 ± 0.2

172.1 ± 0.4

<  0.001***

170.0 ± 0.4

173.9 ± 1.0

<  0.001***

Body weight (kg)

64.9 ± 0.3

86.4 ± 0.8

<  0.001***

64.6 ± 0.3

85.7 ± 0.9

<  0.001***

66.8 ± 0.8

91.9 ± 1.7

<  0.001***

BMI (kg/m2)

22.9 ± 0.1

29.0 ± 0.2

<  0.001***

22.9 ± 0.1

28.8 ± 0.3

<  0.001***

23.0 ± 0.3

30.3 ± 0.5

<  0.001***

Alcohol (%)

67.7

72.3

0.105

66.5

71.1

0.131

77.7

82.2

0.469

Smoking (%)

21.8

39.5

<  0.001***

20.5

39.6

<  0.001***

32.9

38.9

0.516

  1. Values are expressed as means standard errors; BMI, body mass index; Alcohol, Percentage of drinking at least once a month in the past year; Smoking, Percentage of smoking five packs (100 cigarettes) or more in their lifetime and current smoking statuse; MetS, metabolic syndrome
  2. *p <  0.05
  3. **p <  0.01
  4. ***p <  0.001
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