The Cut-Off Values of Anthropometric Indices for Identifying Subjects at Risk for Metabolic Syndrome in Iranian Elderly Men
Table 1
Characteristics of study subjects according to the presence of two or more metabolic risk factors except for WC in the elderly Iranians.
Men
Two or more metabolic risk factors of the NCEP-ATPIII of the criteria except for WC
Total
Absent
Present
P value
Age (years)
71.85 ± 5.44
72.15 ± 5.42
71.71 ± 5.49
0.568
Body mass index (kg/m2)
25.51 ± 4.02
24.36 ± 3.83
26.32 ± 3.96
0.001
WHR
0.94 ± 0.06
0.93 ± 0.06
0.96 ± 0.05
0.001
Waist (cm)
94.69 ± 11.10
90.86 ± 10.66
97.39 ± 10.63
0.000
WHtR
56.91 ± 6.51
54.56 ± 6.40
58.55 ± 6.11
0.000
Fasting blood sugar (mg/dL)
104.11 ± 37.67
90.12 ± 18.53
113.52 ± 44.14
0.000
Glucose (2hpp) (mg/dL)
124.45 ± 56.42
103.48 ± 28.21
140.74 ± 66.89
0.000
Triglycerides (mg/dL)
151.80 ± 87.78
101.25 ± 33.41
186.63 ± 96.41
0.000
HDL (mg/dL)
40.74 ± 10.64
48.08 ± 9.43
35.80 ± 8.31
0.000
Cholesterol (mg/dL)
199.56 ± 39.40
197.35 ± 39.38
200.68 ± 39.43
0.557
Systolic blood pressure
134.12 ± 21.40
124.12 ± 20.10
140.79 ± 19.70
0.000
Diastolic blood pressure
80.12 ± 13.22
77.41 ± 10.78
81.84 ± 4.39
0.023
Low HDL cholesterol (n, (%))
98 (48.5)
13 (15.9)
85 (70.8)
0.000
High TG (n, (%))
82 (40.8)
3 (3.7)
79 (66.4)
0.000
High blood pressure (n, (%))
136 (70.5)
35 (46.7)
101 (85.6)
0.000
High blood sugar (n, (%))
54 (26.6)
5 (6.1)
49 (40.5)
0.000
Lipid drug (n, (%))
24 (85.7)
5 (100.0)
19 (82.6)
1.000
Diabetes drug regular (n, (%))
30 (96.8)
5 (100)
25 (96.2)
1.000
Hypertension drug regular (n, (%))
38 (74.5)
5 (55.6)
33 (78.6)
0.150
The numerical values are presented as mean ± SD and compared by Student’s t-test except for items indicated by § that Mann-Whitney U test was employed. Categorical data is shown as n (%) and tested by chi-square.
*BMI: body mass index, WC: waist circumference, WHR: waist-to-hip ratio, and WHtR: waist-to-height ratio. †Triglycerides ≥ 150 mg/dL or on antilipid agents. ††HDL-C < 40 for men and <50 for women or on antilipid agents. ‡High blood pressure is considered as SBP ≥ 140 mmHg or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg or antihypertensive agents.
