Genetic association of APOA5 and APOE with metabolic syndrome and their interaction with health-related behavior in Korean men

Table 1 Characteristics of study subjects

Characteristics	Case with MetS	Control	P-value
Characteristics	Mean ± SD or number (%)	Mean ± SD or number (%)	P-value
Total number	254	939
Age (years)	47.55 ± 6.56	47.92 ± 6.99	0.454
BMI (kg/m²)	26.43 ± 2.49	23.72 ± 2.43	<0.001
MetS components
WC (cm)	94. 23 ± 6.38	85.92 ± 6.88	<0.001
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	44.09 ± 11.60	52.29 ± 11.49	<0.001
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	209. 16 ± 90.55	107.31 ± 57.42	<0.001
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)	105.87 ± 22.08	90.60 ± 12.99	<0.001
SBP (mmHg)	131.22 ± 13.08	120.95 ± 13.55	<0.001
DBP (mmHg)	83.90 ± 10.38	76.50 ± 9.85	<0.001
Health-related behaviors
Smoking			0.017
Non smoker	46 (18.1 %)	217 (23.1 %)
Former smoker	92 (36.2 %)	367 (39.1 %)
Current smoker	116 (45.7 %)	355 (37.8 %)
Drinking			0.002
Non drinker	39 (15.4 %)	176 (18.7 %)
Light drinker	85 (33.5 %)	373 (39.7 %)
Moderate drinker	40 (15.7 %)	157 (16.7 %)
Heavy drinker	90 (35.4 %)	233 (24.8 %)
Physical activity category			0.295
Low level	109 (44.9 %)	379 (41.3 %)
Moderate level	87 (35.8 %)	341 (37.1 %)
High level	47 (19.3 %)	198 (21.6 %)

P-value represents the significance of the difference between case with MetS and control. All continuous variables were compared using t test. Health-related behaviors were assessed according to the linear-by-linear association of chi-square test
BMI body mass index, MetS Metabolic syndrome, WC waist circumference, HDL high density lipoprotein, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, SD standard deviation

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