The value of Apolipoprotein B/Apolipoprotein A1 ratio for metabolic syndrome diagnosis in a Chinese population: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Demographic characteristics by subjects with and without MetS

	metS- (n = 6265)	metS + (n = 1855)	p
Age, mean (SD)	49.27(15.14)	55.72(12.68)	<0.0001
Male, n (%)	49.48	36.71	<0.0001
BMI^a, mean (SD)	22.43(2.96)	26.47(3.16)	<0.0001
Urbanization index, %	66.61(19.40)	69.96(19.56)	<0.0001
Gross household income^b, %			0.9161
Low	33.46	33.1
Median	33.15	33.64
High	33.39	33.28
Education levels, %			<0.0001
Illiteracy	21.63	29.23
Primary school	19.31	21.52
Junior high school	34.04	29.45
Senior high school and higher levels	25.03	19.8
Smoke, %			<0.0001
Never	67.41	74.69
Current	29.47	21.86
Ever	3.11	3.45
Drink, %			<0.0001
Never	65.98	72.44
≤3 drink/month	12.26	8.83
1-2 drink/week	7.86	6.5
3-4 drink/week	4.08	3.74
Almost every day	9.82	8.5
Energy intake (kcal/day), mean (SD)	2204.13(1101.71)	2194.93(1330.65)	0.004
History of CVD, %	1.82	3.4	<0.0001
Diabetes, %	3.71	19.76	<0.0001
Hypertension, %	21.82	59.35	<0.0001

^abody mass index = weight (kg)/height (m²).
^bcategorized by tertiles of gross household income at 19600.00 and 39799.12 yuan.

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