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Table 2 The follow-up information of subcohort A and subcohort B

From: Bidirectional association between serum carcinoembryonic antigen and metabolic syndrome among the Chinese male population: two cohort studies

Characteristics

Subcohort A (from CEA to MetS)

Subcohort B (from MetS to CEA)

High-CEA (N = 551)

Norm-CEA (N = 5888)

MetS (N = 2451)

Non-metS (N = 6082)

follow-up time (months)

22.94 ± 9.40

26.72 ± 12.42

28.24 ± 12.95

27.52 ± 12.56

incident frequency (%)

88 (15.97)

1282 (21.77)

185 (7.55)

411 (6.76)

incidence density (per 1000 person-years)

84.56

99.28

33.42

29.13

  1. Subcohort A showed incident MetS in the High-CEA group and Norm-CEA group; subcohort B showed incident Hyper-CEA in the MetS group and Non-MetS group. CEA Carcinoembryonic antigen; Hyper-CEA elevated serum CEA level above the reference range; Norm-CEA Within the normal reference ranges; MetS Metabolic syndrome; Non-MetS Without metabolic syndrome
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Lipids in Health and Disease

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