Research Article
Relationship between Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components with Psychological Distress
Table 1
Baseline characteristics according to distress level.
| | | High distress
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(%) | Low distress
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(%) | value |
| | Demographics | | Age (mean SD) | | | 0.001 | | Sex | | | | | Male | 1375 (42.1%) | 3402 (54.1%) | 0.001 | | Female | 1889 (57.9%) | 2887 (45.9%) | | Educational level | | | | | 0–5 y | 1622 (49.7%) | 2680 (42.6%) | 0.001 | | 6–12 y | 1279 (39.2%) | 2704 (43.0%) | | 12 y | 363 (11.1%) | 905 (14.4%) | | Marital status | | | | | Married | 2442 (74.8%) | 4981 (79.2%) | 0.001 | | Single | 822 (25.2%) | 1308 (20.8%) | | Current smoking | 474 (14.5%) | 811 (12.9) | 0.015 | | LDL cholesterol 130 mg/dL | 1114 (34.1%) | 2057 (33.2%) | 0.173 | | Metabolic syndrome | 719 (22.0%) | 1232 (19.8%) | 0.003 |
| | Metabolic syndrome components | | Fasting plasma glucose 100 mg/dL | 258 (7.9%) | 458 (7.3%) | 0.281 | | Triglycerides 150 mg/dL | 1128 (34.6%) | 2278 (36.2%) | 0.051 | | HDL cholesterol (male 40 mg/dL, female 50 mg/dL) | 1807 (55.4%) | 3285 (52.2%) | 0.002 | | Waist circumference (male 102 cm, female 88 cm) | 1020 (31.2%) | 1795 (28.5%) | <0.001 | | Blood pressure 130/85 mm Hg | 852 (26.1%) | 1519 (24.1%) | 0.019 |
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