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Table 2 Anthropometric and cardiometabolic disease risk factors according to PA status in the total cohort population

From: Leisure time physical activity: a protective factor against metabolic syndrome development

 

Leisure MVPA min/week (N = 31,552)

Variables

0 min/week

(n = 21,137)

0 to 149 min/week

(n = 4,430)

150 to 299 min/week

(n = 3,037)

≥ 300 min/week

(n = 2,954)

ANCOVA P value

Anthropometrics

 

BMI (kg/m2)

23.9 ± 0.0

23.7 ± 0.1

23.9 ± 0.1

24.0 ± 0.0

< 0.01

WC (cm)

82.2 ± 0.1 a

81.4 ± 0.1 a

81.2 ± 0.2 a

81.0 ± 1.7 b

< 0.001

Blood pressure

     

SBP (mmHg)

115.9 ± 0.1 a

114.5 ± 0.2 b

115.1 ± 0.2 ab

115.6 ± 0.3 a

< 0.001

DBP (mmHg)

76.1 ± 0.1 b

75.8 ± 0.1 ab

75.9 ± 0.2 ab

75.4 ± 0.2 a

< 0.01

Metabolic risk

     

TC (mg/dl)

193.2 ± 0.3

194.3 ± 0.5

193.0 ± 0.7

193.6 ± 0.7

0.308

HDL-C (mg/dl)

51.9 ± 0.1 a

53.1 ± 0.2 b

53.7 ± 0.2 c

54.8 ± 0.2 d

< 0.001

TG (mg/dl)

137.6 ± 0.8 a

128.9 ± 1.7 b

121.0 ± 2.0 c

120.2 ± 2.0 d

< 0.001

FPG (mg/dl)

99.7 ± 0.1 a

98.0 ± 0.3 b

96.9 ± 0.4 c

96.8 ± 0.4 c

< 0.001

Insulin resistance markers

     

TG/HDL-C

3.09 ± 0.02 a

2.82 ± 0.05 b

2.63 ± 0.06 c

2.56 ± 0.06 c

< 0.001

TyG

8.60 ± 0.00 a

8.54 ± 0.01 b

8.49 ± 0.01 c

8.44 ± 0.01 d

< 0.001

  1. Note: ANCOVA; adjusted for age and sex. The same alphabet is not significantly different groups (a, b, c)