Table 1 The demographic characteristics of the MetS population in the present study were stratified by survival status

Age, M (Q₁, Q₃)

59.00 (45.00, 70.00)

55.00 (42.00, 65.00)

72.00 (63.00, 80.00)

< 0.001

Energy intake, M (Q₁, Q₃)

1848.00 (1384.25, 2423.00)

1865.00 (1438.50, 2495.00)

1665.00 (1237.00, 2152.50)

< 0.001

FBG, M (Q₁, Q₃)

108.00 (100.50, 124.00)

107.00 (100.00, 121.00)

112.40 (102.00, 138.00)

< 0.001

TyG, M (Q₁, Q₃)

7.41 (7.01, 7.80)

7.40 (7.00, 7.78)

7.45 (7.06, 7.88)

< 0.001

TyG-WC, M (Q₁, Q₃)

787.28 (711.75, 876.29)

786.40 (711.65, 876.61)

790.52 (712.16, 874.47)

0.596

TyG-WHtR, M (Q₁, Q₃)

4.72 (4.28, 5.25)

4.71 (4.27, 5.25)

4.76 (4.31, 5.26)

0.049

TC, M (Q₁, Q₃)

5.04 (4.32, 5.84)

5.07 (4.34, 5.84)

4.96 (4.21, 5.82)

0.001

TG, M (Q₁, Q₃)

1.65 (1.12, 2.29)

1.65 (1.12, 2.28)

1.64 (1.13, 2.30)

0.645

HDL-C, M (Q₁, Q₃)

45.00 (39.00, 54.00)

45.00 (39.00, 54.00)

45.00 (40.00, 55.00)

0.034

LDL-C, M (Q₁, Q₃)

2.97 (2.38, 3.58)

2.97 (2.43, 3.62)

2.97 (2.30, 3.45)

< 0.001

BUN, M (Q₁, Q₃)

4.64 (3.93, 6.07)

4.64 (3.57, 5.71)

5.71 (4.28, 7.50)

< 0.001

UA, M (Q₁, Q₃)

345.00 (285.50, 404.50)

339.00 (285.50, 398.50)

356.90 (297.40, 428.30)

< 0.001

eGFR, M (Q₁, Q₃)

87.10 (64.89, 113.80)

91.80 (70.20, 118.27)

66.36 (46.29, 91.56)

< 0.001

ALT, M (Q₁, Q₃)

22.00 (17.00, 30.75)

23.00 (17.00, 32.00)

20.00 (16.00, 26.00)

< 0.001

AST, M (Q₁, Q₃)

23.00 (19.00, 28.00)

23.00 (19.00, 28.00)

23.00 (19.00, 28.00)

0.816

ALB, M (Q₁, Q₃)

42.00 (39.00, 44.00)

42.00 (40.00, 44.00)

41.00 (39.00, 43.50)

< 0.001

TBil, M (Q₁, Q₃)

10.26 (8.55, 13.68)

10.26 (8.55, 13.68)

11.97 (8.60, 15.39)

< 0.001

Gender, n (%)

< 0.001

 Female

5,570 (51.89)

4,537 (53.26)

1,033 (46.64)

 Male

5,164 (48.11)

3,982 (46.74)

1,182 (53.36)

Race, n (%)

< 0.001

 Mexican

1,966 (18.32)

1,646 (19.32)

320 (14.45)

 Hispanics

961 (8.95)

856 (10.05)

105 (4.74)

 Non-Hispanic White

4,940 (46.02)

3,608 (42.35)

1,332 (60.14)

 Non-Hispanic Black

2,067 (19.26)

1,682 (19.74)

385 (17.38)

 Others

800 (7.45)

727 (8.53)

73 (3.30)

Education level, n (%)

< 0.001

 ≤High school

6,005 (55.94)

4,538 (53.27)

1,467 (66.23)

 College

2,904 (27.05)

2,439 (28.63)

465 (20.99)

 > College

1,825 (17.00)

1,542 (18.10)

283 (12.78)

Marital status, n (%)

< 0.001

 Not married

4,245 (39.55)

3,186 (37.40)

1,059 (47.81)

 Married or living with a partner

6,489 (60.45)

5,333 (62.60)

1,156 (52.19)

Family income of poverty ratio, n (%)

< 0.001

 <1.3

3,145 (29.3)

2,428 (28.50)

717 (32.37)

 1.3–3.5

4,821 (44.91)

3,720 (43.67)

1,101 (49.71)

 >3.5

2,768 (25.79)

2,371 (27.83)

397 (17.92)

BMI, n (%)

< 0.001

 <25

1,110 (10.34)

757 (8.89)

353 (15.94)

 ≥25 and < 30

3,573 (33.29)

2,752 (32.30)

821 (37.07)

 ≥30

6,051 (56.37)

5,010 (58.81)

1,041 (47.00)

Smoking status, n (%)

< 0.001

 Never

5,417 (50.47)

4,526 (53.13)

891 (40.23)

 Current

2,015 (18.77)

1,609 (18.89)

406 (18.33)

 Ever

3,302 (30.76)

2,384 (27.98)

918 (41.44)

Alcohol use, n (%)

< 0.001

 Never

2,453 (22.85)

1,702 (19.98)

751 (33.91)

 Current

5,982 (55.73)

5,011 (58.82)

971 (43.84)

 Ever

2,299 (21.42)

1,806 (21.20)

493 (22.26)

Cancer, n (%)

< 0.001

 No

9,425 (87.81)

7,663 (89.95)

1,762 (79.55)

 Yes

1,309 (12.19)

856 (10.05)

453 (20.45)

CKD, n (%)

< 0.001

 No

8,536 (79.52)

7,255 (85.16)

1,281 (57.83)

 Yes

2,198 (20.48)

1,264 (14.84)

934 (42.17)

CVD, n (%)

< 0.001

 No

9,180 (85.52)

7,637 (89.65)

1,543 (69.66)

 Yes

1,554 (14.48)

882 (10.35)

672 (30.34)