Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants for MS.

From: Comparison Between Metabolic Syndrome and the Framingham Risk Score as Predictors of Cardiovascular Diseases Among Kazakhs in Xinjiang

Risk factors

MS

Non-MS

P

Sex, female/male

330/198

847/630

0.039

Age, years

46.33 ± 12.04

38.71 ± 11.83

<0.001

WC, cm

91.24 ± 10.67

79.40 ± 9.36

<0.001

SBP, mmHg

135.74 ± 18.78

122.97 ± 17.95

<0.001

DBP, mmHg

87.42 ± 12.91

78.71 ± 11.94

<0.001

HDL-C, mmol/L

1.21 ± 0.38

1.41 ± 0.54

<0.001

TC, mmol/L

4.39 ± 1.08

4.00 ± 0.91

<0.001

TG, mmol/L

1.79 ± 1.56

1.06 ± 0.96

<0.001

FPG, mmol/L

5.75 ± 1.66

5.01 ± 0.93

<0.001

Smoking, n(%)

195 (36.93)

434(29.38)

0.001

Drinking, n(%)

80 (15.15)

147(9.95)

0.001

Family history of hypertension, n(%)

206 (39.02)

501(33.92)

0.035

Family history of diabetes, n(%)

9 (1.70)

9(0.61)

0.022

Family history of CVD, n(%)

56 (10.61)

113(7.65)

0.036

  1. Abbreviations: WC, waist circumference; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; FRS, Framingham Risk Score; CVD, cardiovascular diseases.