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Table 1 Main clinical features and distribution of the components of the metabolic syndrome in the 753 haemodialysis patients with or without metabolic syndrome

From: Metabolic syndrome in haemodialysis patients: prevalence, determinants and association to cardiovascular outcomes

  

MetS+

MetS-

p

Prevalence. n (%)

516 (68.5)

237 (31.5)

 

Gender, n (%)

 men

282 (54.7)

154 (65.0)

<  0.01

 women

234 (45.3)

83 (35)

Age, years

66.6 ± 0.5

63.3 ± 1.1

<  0.01

Body height, cm

165.2 ± 0.4

165.7 ± 0.6

0.50

Weight, kg

79.2 ± 0.8

64.4 ± 0.9

<  0.01

Dialysis vintage, years

5.0 ± 0.2

6.4 ± 0.5

<  0.01

Serum albumin, g/L

37.7 ± 0.2

37.9 ± 0.3

0.60

BMI, kg/m2

29.0 ± 0.3

23.4 ± 0.3

<  0.01

BMI > 30, n (%)

195 (38)

12 (8)

<  0.01

BMI 25–30, n (%)

184 (36)

50 (21)

<  0.01

BMI < 20, n (%)

13 (3)

51 (22)

<  0.01

Diabetes, n (%)

299 (58)

44 (19)

<  0.01

HbA1c, %

6.7 ± 0.2

5.8 ± 0.1

0.01

Statin use, n (%)

329 (64)

121 (51)

<  0.01

Smoking, n (%)

228 (54)

103 (53)

0.80

WC, cm

107.4 ± 0.6

90.2 ± 0.8

<  0.01

Fasting glucose, g/L

1.3 ± 0.03

1.0 ± 0.03

<  0.01

HDL, mmol/L

1.0 ± 0.02

1.4 ± 0.03

<  0.01

 with statin, mmol/L

1.0 ± 0.02

1.4 ± 0.03

<  0.01

 without statin, mmol/L

1.1 ± 0.02

1.4 ± 0.03

<  0.01

TG, mmol/L

2.4 ± 0.06

1.3 ± 0.03

<  0.01

 with statin, mmol/L

2.5 ± 0.06

1.3 ± 0.03

<  0.01

 without statin, mmol/L

2.1 ± 0.06

1.3 ± 0.03

<  0.01

LDL, mmol/L

3.1 ± 0.1

3.5 ± 0.2

0.03

 with statin, mmol/L

2.9 ± 0.1

2.9 ± 0.1

0.63

 without statin, mmol/L

3.5 ± 0.1

4.1 ± 0.2

0.06

MsWC, N (%)

414 (80)

42 (18)

<  0.01

 men

197 (70)

16 (10)

<  0.01

 women

217 (93)

26 (31)

<  0.01

MsHBP, n (%)

483 (74)

174 (26)

<  0.01

MsHDL, n (%)

333 (67)

24 (10)

<  0.01

 men

187 (66)

13 (8)

<  0.01

 women

146 (62)

11 (13)

<  0.01

MsTG, n (%)

330 (69)

36 (16)

<  0.01

MsGlc, n (%)

423 (85)

93 (43)

<  0.01

  1. MetS+ Patients with metabolic syndrome; MetS- Patients without metabolic syndrome; WC Waist circumference; TG Triglycerides; MsWC Waist circumference > 102 cm in men or > 88 cm in women; MsHBP High blood pressure or antihypertensive drugs; MsHDL HDL cholesterol < 0.50 g/L in women or <  0.40 g/L in men; MsTG TG ≥1.5 g/L; MsGlc Fasting glucose ≥1.00 g/L.