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Table 2 Baseline characteristics among subjects by dyslipidaemia and nondyslipidaemia status

From: Fat-to-muscle ratio as a predictor for dyslipidaemia in transitional-age youth

Variables

Dyslipidaemia

 

Nondyslipidaemia

t/χ2

P value

(n = 223)

 

(n = 1437)

Age (years)

19.07 ± 1.20

 

19.07 ± 1.14

0.066

0.947

Female (n, %)

121 (54.3)

 

981 (68.3)

16.973

 < 0.001

Smoking (n, %)

14 (6.3)

 

55 (3.8)

2.977

0.084

Alcohol intake (n, %)

4 (1.8)

 

29 (2.0)

0.045

0.831

Education level (n, %)

Junior College

35 (15.7)

 

517 (36.0)

35.780

 < 0.001

Undergraduate

188 (84.3)

 

920 (64.0)

WC (cm)

80.00 ± 10.86

 

73.84 ± 7.61

10.532

 < 0.001

ASM (kg)

19.87 ± 4.79

 

18.05 ± 4.16

5.956

 < 0.001

ASM %

0.31 ± 0.04

 

0.32 ± 0.04

-2.991

0.003

FM (kg)

17.03 ± 7.37

 

13.44 ± 5.66

8.417

 < 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

22.50 ± 3.84

 

20.16 ± 2.87

10.747

 < 0.001

FMR

0.40 ± 0.17

 

0.35 ± 0.15

4.574

 < 0.001

FBG (\(\mathrm{mmol}/\mathrm{L}\))

4.71 ± 0.63

 

4.67 ± 0.61

0.862

0.389

Physical activity (n, %)

Low

58 (26.0)

 

307 (21.4)

4.261

0.119

Medium

64 (28.7)

 

503 (35.0)

High

101 (45.3)

 

627 (43.6)

  1. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant