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Table 2 Comparison between the consistent metabolically healthy group and the group that developed at least 2 metabolic abnormalities according to data from the 1st visit

From: Transitioning from having no metabolic abnormality nor obesity to metabolic impairment in a cohort of apparently healthy adults

 

Healthy on both visits

Healthy on 1st visit, ≥ 2 metabolic components on 2nd visits

p-value

N

1311

200

 

Metabolic syndrome N (%)

0 (0.0)

39 (19.5)

 

Age, mean (SD)

39.3 (9.7)

43.1 (9.8)

< 0.001

Gender (males) N (%)

740 (56.4)

135 (67.5)

0.003

Diastolic, mmHg

71.4 (5.8)

72.7 (5.9)

0.006

Systolic, mmHg

111.4 (8.9)

113.8 (9.1)

< 0.001

BMI, kg/\({m}^{2}\)

23.5 [21.7–25.2]

25.9 [24.2–27.7]

< 0.001

Waist circumference, cm

82.0 [75.0–89.0]

88.0 [82.0–95.0]

< 0.001

FPG, mg/dL

86.0 [81.0–90.0]

88.0 [83.0–92.0]

0.001

HbA1C (%)

5.1 [4.9–5.3]

5.2 [4.9–5.4]

0.176

Triglycerides mg/dL

74.0 [57.0–97.3]

93.0 [69.5–121.5]

< 0.001

HDL mg/dL

61.6 (13.9)

56.1 (13.0)

< 0.001

Hs-CRP, mg/L

0.9 [0.5–1.8]

1.3 [0.8–2.5]

0.032

High Hs-CRP > 3.0 md/dL, N (%)

186 (14.4)

34 (20.0)

0.056

Creatinine mg/dL

1.0 (0.1)

1.1 (0.1)

0.010

Neutrophils, %

58.3 (7.8)

58.9 (7.3)

0.337

Lymphocytes, %

31.0 (6.8)

30.5 (6.8)

0.370

Monocytes, %

7.4 [6.3–8.7]

7.5 [6.3–8.6]

0.940

Eosinophils, %

2.2 [1.4–3.3]

2.2 [1.3–3.5]

0.426

Basophils, %

0.5 [0.4–0.6]

0.5 [0.4–0.6]

0.956

fibrinogen, g/L

277.2 (56.5)

293.5 (64.4)

< 0.001

Albumin, g/L

45.1 (2.5)

44.8 (2.4)

0.194

BUN, mg/dL

13.0 [11.0–16.0]

14.0 [11.5–16.0]

0.713

PLT, \({x10}^{3}\)/µL

242.1 (54.7)

240.7 (52.9)

0.742

RBC, \(x{10}^{6}\)/µL

4.7 (0.5)

4.8 (0.4)

0.045

WBC, \({x10}^{3}\)/µL

6.2 [5.3–7.1]

6.5 [5.6–7.6]

< 0.001

Hemoglobin, g/dL

14.1 (1.3)

14.3 (1.3)

0.016

Bilirubin, mg/dL

0.7 [0.6–1.0]

0.7 [0.6–0.9]

0.263

AST U/L

21.0 [18.0–25.0]

22.0 [19.0–25.0]

0.359

ALT U/L

19.0 [15.0–25.0]

22.0 [17.0–29.0]

0.008

Uric acid mg/dL

5.0 (1.2)

5.4 (1.3)

< 0.001

Globulin, g/L

28.2 (3.2)

28.5 (3.0)

0.240

ALP U/L

52.0 [43.0–64.0]

55.0 [46.0–66.0]

0.033

LDH U/L

294.0 [264.0–326.0]

301.0 [272.5–330.5]

0.131

GGT U/L

11.0 [7.0–16.0]

14.0 [10.0–19.0]

0.029

Phosphorus, mg/dL

3.4 (0.5)

3.4 (0.4)

0.082

Protein total, g/L

73.3 (4.0)

73.3 (3.7)

0.908

Total cholesterol mg/dL

186.5 (32.5)

194.1 (32.7)

0.005

LDL mg/dL

109.4 (28.7)

119.0 (29.6)

< 0.001

Chloride, mmol/L

104.0 (2.3)

104.0 (2.1)

0.967

Potassium, mmol/L

4.3 (0.4)

4.3 (0.3)

0.693

Calcium, mg/dL

9.2 (0.4)

9.2 (0.4)

0.532

Sodium, mmol/L

141.1 (2.5)

141.2 (2.8)

0.524

  1. Values are presented as mean (SD), or median [IQR] for irregular distributed parameters. Bold values are significant.