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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants across different obese phenotypes (n = 8,645)

From: Association between obese phenotypes and risk of carotid artery plaque among chinese male railway drivers

Variable

Median (p25, p75) or percentage (%)

     

P value

 

Total

MHNO

MHO

MUNO

 

MUO

 
 

N = 8,645

 N = 2,257

 N = 80

 N = 5,360

 

 N = 948

 

Sociodemographics

       

Age, year

44

32

29

45

 

44

< 0.001

 

(29.00, 48.00)

(25.00, 45.00)

(24.00, 43.00)

(38.00, 49.00)

 

(33.75, 48.00)

 

Age subgroup

      

< 0.001

<45 years

4,716 (54.55)

1,640 (72.66)

61 (76.25)

2,489 (46.44)

 

526 (55.49)

 

≥ 45 years

3,929 (45.45)

617 (27.34)

19 (23.75)

2,871 (53.56)

 

422 (44.51)

 

Medical history

       

Diabetes

404 (4.67)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

345 (6.44)

 

59 (6.22)

< 0.001

Hypertension

1,071 (12.39)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

801 (14.94)

 

270 (28.48)

< 0.001

Hyperlipidemia

316 (3.66)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

231 (4.30)

 

85 (8.97)

< 0.001

CVD

76 (0.88)

13 (0.58)

0 (0.00)

52 (0.97)

 

11 (1.16)

< 0.001

Lifestyle behaviors

       

Current smoker

5,404 (62.51)

1,257 (55.69)

49 (61.25)

3,474 (64.81)

 

624 (65.82)

< 0.001

Current drinker

1,420 (16.41)

194 (8.60)

10 (12.25)

1,039 (19.38)

 

177 (18.67)

< 0.001

Circadian rhythm disorders

4,929 (57.02)

1,334 (59.11)

46 (57.50)

2,975 (55.50)

 

574 (60.55)

< 0.001

Clinical variables

       

BMI, kg/m2

24.04

22.03

29.37

24.13

 

29.46

< 0.001

 

(21.99, 26.26)

(20.10, 23.95)

(28.58, 30.30)

(22.46, 25.79)

 

(28.68, 30.74)

 

BMI < 28 kg/m2

7,617 (88.11)

2,257 (1.00)

0 (0.00)

5,360 (1.00)

 

0 (0.00)

< 0.001

28 ≤ BMI < 30 kg/m2

625 (7.23)

0 (0.00)

52 (65.00)

0 (0.00)

 

573 (60.44)

< 0.001

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

403 (4.66)

0 (0.00)

28 (35.00)

0 (0.00)

 

375 (39.56)

< 0.001

SBP, mmHg

124

114

118

128

 

132

< 0.001

 

(114.00, 134.00)

(107.00, 120.00)

(112.75, 124.25)

(119.00, 137.00)

 

(124.00, 140.00)

 

DBP, mmHg

81

73

75.5

85

 

88

< 0.001

 

(74.00, 89.00)

(68.00, 78.00)

(70.75, 80.00)

(77.00, 91.00)

 

(81.00, 95.00)

 

TC, mmol/L

4.65

4.27

4.43

4.77

 

4.87

< 0.001

 

(4.08, 5.24)

(3.79, 4.80)

(3.95, 4.91)

(4.21, 5.38)

 

(4.33, 5.48)

 

TG, mmol/L

1.59

1.06

1.31

1.9

 

2.3

< 0.001

 

(1.10, 2.38)

(0.83, 1.30)

(1.15, 1.52)

(1.32, 2.65)

 

(1.67, 3.22)

 

HDL-C, mmol/L

1.34

1.46

1.35

1.31

 

1.23

< 0.001

 

(1.17, 1.54)

(1.31, 1.67)

(1.23, 1.50)

(1.13, 1.51)

 

(1.06, 1.38)

 

LDL-C, mmol/L

2.89

2.53

2.78

2.98

 

3.15

< 0.001

 

(2.41, 3.38)

(2.14, 2.97)

(2.48, 3.16)

(2.52, 3.48)

 

(2.74, 3.61)

 

FBG, mmol/L

5.2

4.95

4.96

5.33

 

5.43

< 0.001

 

(4.86, 5.63)

(4.68, 5.20)

(4.80, 5.22)

(4.95, 5.79)

 

(5.04, 6.01)

 

SUA, mmol/L

387

367

438

389

 

434

< 0.001

 

(337.00, 447.00)

(325.00, 419.00)

(381.00, 488.00)

(340.00, 447.00)

 

(374.00, 496.25)

 

Metabolic risk components

       

Elevated BP

4,021 (46.51)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

3,334 (62.20)

 

687 (72.47)

< 0.001

Elevated FBG

2,301 (26.62)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

1,894 (35.34)

 

407 (42.93)

< 0.001

Elevated TG

3,969 (45.91)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

3,273 (61.06)

 

696 (73.42)

< 0.001

Reduced HDL-C

1,016 (11.75)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

816 (15.22)

 

200 (21.10)

< 0.001

Number of abnormal metabolisms

      

< 0.001

1

2,702 (31.26)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

2,451 (45.73)

 

251 (26.48)

 

2

2,237 (25.88)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

1,867 (34.83)

 

370 (39.03)

 

3

1,170 (13.53)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

899 (16.77)

 

271 (28.59)

 

4

199 (2.30)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

143 (2.67)

 

56 (5.91)

 

Outcome variables

       

CAP

1,260 (14.57)

121 (5.36)

7 (8.75)

955 (17.82)

 

177 (18.67)

< 0.001

  1. BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; FBG, fasting blood glucose; SUA: serum uric acid; CAP: Carotid artery plaque; MHNO: metabolically healthy non-obesity; MHO: metabolically healthy obesity; MUNO: metabolically unhealthy non-obesity; MUO: metabolically unhealthy obesity