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Table 1 General participant characteristics

From: Prediction of metabolic and pre-metabolic syndromes using machine learning models with anthropometric, lifestyle, and biochemical factors from a middle-aged population in Korea

 

Total

Normal group

MetS group

p-value

Sex

1991 (100)

1317 (66.1)

674 (33.9)

 

 Male

608 (30.5)

297 (48.8)

311 (51.2)

< 0.001

 Female

1383 (69.5)

1020 (73.8)

363 (26.2)

 

Age (years)

43.81 ± 6.86

43.12 ± 6.83

45.17 ± 6.73

< 0.001

 30–44

1006 (50.5)

728 (72.4)

278 (27.6)

0.373

 45–55

985 (49.5)

589 (59.8)

396 (40.2)

0.003

BMI (kg/m2)

24.34 ± 3.62

22.96 ± 2.79

27.05 ± 3.53

< 0.001

WHR

0.86 ± 0.06

0.84 ± 0.05

0.90 ± 0.05

< 0.001

Alcohol status

 non-drinker

716 (100)

500 (69.8)

216 (30.2)

0.007

 former drinker

76 (100)

52 (68.4)

24 (31.6)

 current drinker

1199 (100)

765 (63.8)

434 (36.2)

Smoking status

 non-smoker

1585 (100)

1122 (70.8)

463 (29.2)

< 0.001

 former smoker

162 (100)

75 (46.3)

87 (53.7)

 current smoker

244 (100)

120 (49.8)

124 (50.8)

KM type

 Taeumin

1012 (100)

492 (48.6)

520 (51.4)

< 0.001

 Soeumin

397 (100)

351 (88.4)

46 (11.6)

 Soyangin

582 (100)

474 (81.4)

108 (18.6)

PA (METs)

2538 ± 3798.53

2606.85 ± 39,258.16

2405.60 ± 3527.73

0.264

Sleep time (h)

6.71 ± 1.06

6.74 ± 1.04

6.66 ± 1.09

0.139

Sleep quality

4.69 ± 2.86

4.69 ± 2.81

4.68 ± 2.97

0.959

Eating index

51.42 ± 10.50

51.72 ± 10.46

50.82 ± 10.53

0.069

Stress

17.65 ± 7.07

17.60 ± 7.26

17.75 ± 6.69

0.657

AST (U/L)

24.89 ± 12.14

23.53 ± 10.06

27.55 ± 15.07

< 0.001

ALT (U/L)

23.97 ± 19.81

20.19 ± 14.78

31.35 ± 25.48

< 0.001

ALP (U/L)

63.70 ± 18.68

60.66 ± 17.68

69.62 ± 19.15

< 0.001

hsCRP (mg/L)

1.25 ± 2.76

1.00 ± 2.69

1.73 ± 2.85

< 0.001

HbA1c (%)

5.48 ± 0.60

5.35 ± 0.31

5.75 ± 0.87

< 0.001

Insulin (mIU/L)

6.10 ± 4.34

4.90 ± 2.90

8.45 ± 5.56

< 0.001

GGT (U/L)

30.18 ± 38.20

22.64 ± 27.18

44.92 ± 50.40

< 0.001

HOMA-IR

1.30 ± 1.14

0.99 ± 0.64

1.94 ± 1.57

< 0.001

Mets components

 Waist circumference (cm)

82.72 ± 9.67

78.92 ± 7.71

90.13 ± 8.76

< 0.001

 Triglyceride (mg/dL)

132.31 ± 124.14

95.05 ± 50.38

205.12 ± 180.42

< 0.001

 HDL-C (mg/dL)

56.87 ± 13.89

61.54 ± 12.97

47.74 ± 10.72

< 0.001

 Systolic BP (mmHg)

116.97 ± 15.34

112.10 ± 12.47

126.49 ± 15.95

< 0.001

 Diastolic BP (mmHg)

73.52 ± 12.08

69.75 ± 9.95

80.88 ± 12.48

< 0.001

 Glucose (mg/dL)

84.16 ± 16.20

80.59 ± 8.00

91.14 ± 24.01

< 0.001

  1. MetS Metabolic syndrome, BMI Body mass index, WHR Waist-to-hip ratio, KM type Korean medicine type, PA Physical activity, METs Metabolic equivalent of task, AST Aspartate transaminase, ALT Alanine transaminase, ALP Alkaline phosphatase, hsCRP High sensitivity C-reactive protein, HbAlc Hemoglobin A1c, GGT Gamma-glutamyl transferase, HOMA-IR Homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance, HDL-C High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, BP Blood pressure
  2. Values are presented as n (%) or mean ± standard deviation
  3. †P-values for continuous are based on independent t-tests; all other P-values for categorical variables are based on Fisher’s exact test or chi-square test between the normal and Mets groups
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