Plasma fatty acids and the risk of metabolic syndrome in ethnic Chinese adults in Taiwan

Table 1 Basic characteristics and fatty acid distributions of the study participants, specified by metabolic syndrome status

	No metabolic syndrome n = 986		Metabolic syndrome, n = 1000
	Freq	%	Freq	%
Gender					0.67
Women	348	35.3	362	36.2
Men	638	64.7	638	63.8
Smoking	139	14.1	185	18.5	0.008
Drinking	575	58.3	571	57.1	0.58
Exercise	549	55.7	502	50.2	0.014
	Mean	Std Dev	Mean	Std Dev	P
Age, yr	54.4	10.8	54.9	10.7	0.32
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	122.7	14.8	133.2	14.8	< .0001
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	72.9	9.8	79.2	10.2	< .0001
Body mass index, kg/m²	22.8	2.3	27.1	3.0	< .0001
Waist, cm	79.2	6.4	94.3	7.0	< .0001
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	202.7	36.4	206.8	36.8	0.012
Triglycerides, mg/dL	115.4	74.0	178.3	104.5	< .0001
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	43.1	9.7	38.5	7.0	< .0001
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL	116.3	31.5	124.9	32.7	< .0001
Uric acid, mg/dL	6.2	1.5	6.6	1.6	< .0001
Fasting glucose, mg/dL	93.1	22.2	105.0	28.1	< .0001
Fatty acid, mg/dL
Saturated fat	1713.0	512.9	1982.9	682.8	< .0001
MUFA	616.3	246.5	728.9	285.9	< .0001
Trans fatty acid	267.4	106.7	322.3	158.9	< .0001
PUFA	1488.2	347.9	1542.7	361.7	0.0006
N-6 fatty acids	1297.4	313.4	1350.0	325.1	0.0003
N-3 fatty acids	190.8	60.8	192.7	58.9	0.48
Marine fatty acids	132.7	52.4	131.6	50.3	0.64
EPA	21.5	14.5	20.3	12.5	0.06
DHA	111.2	42.7	111.3	41.9	0.97
Total fat amount	40.8	10.7	45.8	13.2	< .0001
Fatty acid, % total fatty acids
Saturated fat	41.8	4.4	43.0	4.6	< .0001
MUFA	14.8	2.6	15.7	2.6	< .0001
Trans fatty acid	6.52	1.84	6.95	2.00	< .0001
PUFA	36.8	4.7	34.4	4.8	< .0001
N-6 fatty acids	32.1	4.2	30.0	4.2	< .0001
N-3 fatty acids	4.76	1.37	4.34	1.21	< .0001
Marine fatty acids	3.32	1.23	2.97	1.09	< .0001
EPA	0.54	0.37	0.46	0.28	< .0001
DHA	2.78	0.99	2.51	0.91	< .0001

Abbreviations: MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acid; EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA: docosahexaenoic acid

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