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 |
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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.
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