Research Article

Association of Inflammation with Metabolic Syndrome among Low-Income Rural Kazakh and Uyghur Adults in Far Western China

Table 1

Age and gender data for the Uyghur and Kazakh subjects.

IndexUyghurKazakh
MS ()Non-MS ()MS ()Non-MS ()

Sex (male/female)104/11495/10674/8288/92
Age (years)41.49 ± 12.4241.86 ± 11.9042.03 ± 13.6940.71 ± 10.24
BMI (kg/m2)24.03 ± 1.73#22.54 ± 2.5327.06 ± 4.25#21.76 ± 2.01
WC (cm)92.76 ± 7.28#82.73 ± 9.0995.26 ± 10.10#82.89 ± 9.32
SBP (mmHg)140.41 ± 20.10#112.95 ± 11.59142.98 ± 22.98#116.60 ± 18.24
DBP (mmHg)93.07 ± 12.56#85.24 ± 10.2392.91 ± 13.96#86.51 ± 14.79
TG (mmol/L)1.64 ± 0.99#0.86 ± 0.321.68 ± 1.13#0.95 ± 0.37
HDL-C (mmol/L)1.06 ± 0.25#1.58 ± 0.291.01 ± 0.28#1.54 ± 0.40
FPG (mmol/L)4.89 ± 1.33#4.49 ± 0.565.01 ± 1.64#4.51 ± 0.95
LDL-C (mmol/L)2.68 ± 0.72#2.27 ± 0.702.65 ± 0.81#2.25 ± 0.66
TC (mmol/L)4.72 ± 1.08#4.16 ± 0.994.98 ± 1.13#4.20 ± 0.95

Notes: MS = metabolicsyndrome, WC = waist circumference, BMI = body mass index, SBP = systolic blood pressure, DBP = diastolic blood pressure, TG = triglyceride, TC = total cholesterol, HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and FPG = fasting plasma glucose. #Comparing the index in the same ethnicity, .