Table 2 Distribution of subjects with metabolic syndrome and its components across different quartiles of LCD score
Quartiles of LCD score | P† | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | ||
Number of participants | 946 | 1018 | 920 | 963 | |
Number of participants with MetS | 282 | 327 | 231 | 246 | |
Metabolic syndrome (%) | 29.8 | 32.1 | 25.1 | 25.5 | 0.001 |
High serum triacylglycerol (%) | 25.5 | 25.2 | 24.8 | 24.4 | 0.950 |
Enlarged waist circumference (%) | 61.6 | 64.5 | 60.1 | 58.1 | 0.027 |
Elevated blood pressure (%) | 30.1 | 29.8 | 22.9 | 25.7 | 0.001 |
Low serum HDL cholesterol (%) | 64.4 | 63.6 | 62.5 | 60.1 | 0.240 |
Abnormal glucose homeostasis (%) | 9.6 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 11.4 | 0.550 |