Correlates of Adverse Outcomes in Abdominally Obese Individuals: Findings from the Five-Year Followup of the Population-Based Study of Health in Pomerania
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the study population.
Characteristics
WHtR < 0.5 ( = 1,128)
WHtR ≥ 0.5 ( = 1,506)
Age, years
37 (29; 48)
54 (42; 63)
<0.01
Men, %
31.8
58.3
<0.01
Current smokers, %
34.0
26.8
<0.01
Physical active, %
54.4
40.6
<0.01
Employment, %
<0.01
Employed
72.0
50.3
Retired
10.7
35.7
Unemployed
17.3
14.0
Marital status, %
<0.01
Married
57.1
74.3
Divorced or widowed
12.4
14.0
Single
30.5
11.7
School education, %
<0.01
<10 years
16.2
42.2
10 years
60.0
42.5
>10 years
23.8
15.3
Liver disease. %
2.3
6.9
<0.01
Body mass index, kg/m2
23.1 (21.6; 24.8)
28.8 (26.9; 31.5)
<0.01
Waist circumference, cm
76 (70; 81)
95 (90; 102)
<0.01
Alcohol consumption, g/day
5.0 (0; 13.6)
5.4 (0; 19.8)
0.03
Total cholesterol, mmol/L
5.3 (4.6; 6.0)
6.0 (5.3; 6.7)
<0.01
HDL cholesterol, mmol/L
1.6 (1.3; 1.9)
1.3 (1.1; 1.6)
<0.01
LDL cholesterol, mmol/L
3.0 (2.4; 3.8)
3.8 (3.1; 4.5)
<0.01
Glucose, mmol/L
5.0 (4.7; 5.4)
5.4 (5.0; 5.8)
<0.01
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg
123 (113; 134)
139 (128; 152)
<0.01
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg
78 (72; 84)
87 (80; 94)
<0.01
Hypertension, %
22.4
63.4
<0.01
Incident CVD, %
3.4
9.0
<0.01
Incident T2DM, %
0.7
7.7
<0.01
CVD: cardiovascular disease; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein. Continuous data are expressed as median (25th; 75th percentile); nominal data are given as percentages. -test (nominal data) and Mann-Whitney test (interval data) were performed.
