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Table 1 Characteristics of Nutritional risk and Non-Nutritional risk MetS adults

From: Low calf circumference can predict nutritional risk and mortality in adults with metabolic syndrome aged over 80 years

 

All included patients (n = 514)

Nutritional risk (n = 224)

Non-Nutritional risk (n = 290)

P

Age (years)

86.5 ± 6.0

86.9 ± 5.3

86.2 ± 6.1

0.18

Male n (%)

368 (71.6)

160 (71.4)

208 (74.7)

0.37

Smoking status n (%)

92 (17.9)

42 (18.8)

50 (17.2)

0.80

Drinking status n (%)

11 (2.1)

5 (2.2)

6 (2.1)

0.10

SBP (mm Hg)

132.0 ± 18.9

131.5 ± 18.8

132.4 ± 19.0

0.60

DBP (mm Hg)

71.5 ± 11.3

71.1 ± 11.7

71.0 ± 11.0

0.34

HbA1c (%)

6.4 ± 1.1

6.2 ± 1.3

6.5 ± 1.0

0.16

FPG (mmol/l)#

6.2 ± 2.0

6.6 ± 2.3

6.1 ± 1.8

0.02

TC (mmol/L)

4.1 ± 1.1

4.0 ± 1.1

4.1 ± 1.1

0.40

TG (mmol/L)

1.5 ± 0.9

1.5 ± 0.8

1.4 ± 0.9

0.69

LDL-c (mmol/L)

2.3 ± 0.8

2.3 ± 0.8

2.3 ± 0.8

0.98

HDL-c (mmol/L)

1.0 ± 0.3

1.0 ± 0.3

1.0 ± 0.3

0.07

Albumin (g/dL)#

37.5 ± 52

35.2 ± 4.7

39.4 ± 5.3

<  0.01

Haemoglobin (g/dL)#

114.1 ± 21.4

105.3 ± 21.8

121.5 ± 17.9

<  0.01

BMI (kg/m2)#

23.5 ± 3.7

22.1 ± 3.7

24.7 ± 3.2

<  0.01

WC (cm)#

90.7 ± 11.0

87.0 ± 12.0

93.7 ± 9.2

<  0.01

Mortality n (%)#

105 (20.4)

79 (35.3)

26 (8.4)

<  0.01

Cerebral infarction n (%)

269 (52.3)

129 (57.6)

140 (48.3)

0.10

Coronary heart disease n (%)

347 (67.5)

160 (71.4)

187 (64.5)

0.24

MetS components

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Abdominal obesity n (%)#

296 (57.6)

105 (46.9)

191 (65.9)

<  0.01

Diabetes n (%)

274 (53.3)

117 (52.2)

157 (54.1)

0.67

Hypertension n (%)

471 (91.6)

206 (92.0)

265 (91.4)

0.81

High triglycerides n (%)

93 (18.1)

33 (14.7)

60 (20.7)

0.08

Decreased HDL-c n (%)

246 (47.9)

88 (39.3)

158 (54.5)

0.12

  1. BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HbA1c,Haemoglobin A1c; HDL-c, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-c, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; MetS, metabolic syndrome; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; WC, waist circumference
  2. #P <  0.05 versus nutritional risk and non-nutritional risk group