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Table 1 Characteristics of study population by gender in the rural population of Liaoning Province,China

From: An update on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its associated factors in rural northeast China

Variables

Total

Men

Women

P- value

(11496)

(5309)

(6187)

Age (year)

53.82 ± 10.57

54.35 ± 10.79

53.37 ± 10.35

<0.001

Ethnicity

   

0.327

Han

10898(94.8)

5027(94.7)

5871(94.9)

 

Othersa

598(5.2)

282(5.3)

316(5.1)

 

Educational status

   

<0.001

Primary school or below

5726(49.8)

2211(41.6)

3515(56.8)

 

Middle school

4687(40.8)

2491(46.9)

2196(35.5)

 

High school or above

1083(9.4)

607(11.4)

476(7.7)

 

Physical activity

   

<0.001

Light

3421(29.8)

1200(22.6)

2221(35.9)

 

Moderate

7429(64.6)

3816(71.9)

3613(58.4)

 

Severe

646(5.6)

293(5.5)

353(5.7)

 

Annual income (CNY/year)

   

0.011

≤5000

1427(12.4)

711(13.4)

716(11.6)

 

5000-20000

6260(54.5)

2845(53.6)

3415(55.2)

 

>20000

3809(33.1)

1753(33.0)

2056(33.2)

 

Current smoking status (Yes)

4056(35.3)

3028(57.0)

1028(16.6)

<0.001

Current drinking status (Yes)

2593(22.6)

2410(45.4)

183(3.0)

<0.001

Marriage (Yes)

10530(91.6)

4896(92.2)

5634(91.1)

0.014

Diet score

2.33 ± 1.13

2.55 ± 1.10

2.14 ± 1.11

<0.001

Sleep duration (h/d)

7.26 ± 2.70

7.42 ± 1.63

7.12 ± 1.74

<0.001

SBP (mmHg)

141.76 ± 23.47

143.66 ± 22.66

140.14 ± 24.04

<0.001

DBP (mmHg)

82.05 ± 11.77

83.78 ± 11.83

80.57 ± 11.52

<0.001

BMI (kg/m 2 )

24.80 ± 3.66

24.73 ± 3.54

24.86 ± 3.77

0.058

WC (cm)

82.43 ± 9.83

83.78 ± 9.76

81.28 ± 9.74

<0.001

TC (mmol/L)

5.23 ± 1.08

5.16 ± 1.04

5.29 ± 1.12

<0.001

TG (mmol/L)

1.63 ± 1.49

1.66 ± 1.66

1.61 ± 1.33

0.123

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.92 ± 0.82

2.87 ± 0.79

2.97 ± 0.84

<0.001

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.41 ± 0.38

1.41 ± 0.42

1.41 ± 0.34

0.679

FPG (mmol/L)

5.90 ± 1.64

5.95 ± 1.67

5.86 ± 1.60

0.003

Cardiovascular disease b

1742(15.2)

568(10.7)

1174(19.0)

<0.001

Cerebrovascular disease C

1012(8.8)

490(9.3)

522(8.5)

0.068

Chronic kidney disease d

152(1.3)

64(1.2)

88(1.4)

0.162

Metabolic syndrome

4488(39.0)

1668(31.4)

2820(45.6)

<0.001

  1. Data are expressed as the mean ± SD or as n (%). Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, CNY China Yuan (1CNY = 0.161 USD), SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, FPG fasting plasma glucose. aIncluding some ethnic minorities in China, such as Mongol and Manchu. bCardiovascular disease include angina, myocardia infarction, arrhythmia, heart failure. CCerebrovascular disease include cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, subarachnoid hemorrhage, Transient Ischemic Attack. dChronic kidney disease nephritis, acute/chronic renal failure.
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