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Table 1 Baseline descriptive characteristics of study population (2005–2012)

From: Association between annual concentration of air pollutants and incidence of metabolic syndrome among Korean adults: Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES)

Characteristics

Value (n = 7,428)

Age, year, mean ± SD

58.2 ± 9.6

Sex, n (%)

 

 Male

3804 (51.2)

 Female

3624 (48.8)

Residence, n (%)

 

 Yangpyeong

1411 (17.7)

 Namwon

1109 (14.9)

 Goryeong

1215 (16.4)

 Wonju

1278 (17.2)

 Pyeongchang

1029 (13.9)

 Ganghwa

1486 (20.0)

Monthly household income, KRW, n (%)

 

 < 1,000,000 won/month

1260 (17.0)

 1,000,000 ~ 1,990,000 won/month

1005 (13.5)

 2,000,000 ~ 3,990,000 won/month

1030 (13.9)

 ≥ 4,000,000 won/month

304 (4.1)

 Unknown

3829 (51.6)

Job status, n (%)

 

 Yes

6528 (87.9)

 No

287 (3.9)

 Unknown

613 (8.3)

Education, n (%)

 

 Elementary school

3585 (48.3)

 Middle school

1382 (18.6)

 High school

1697 (22.9)

 Over college

747 (10.1)

 Unknown

17 (0.2)

Drinking status, n (%)

 

 Current

3482 (46.9)

 Past

485 (6.5)

 Never

3454 (46.5)

 Unknown

7 (0.1)

Smoking status, n (%)

 

 Current

1112 (15.0)

 Past

1286 (17.3)

 Never

3863 (52.0)

 Unknown

1167 (15.7)

Physical activity, n (%)

 

 1–2 times a week

565 (7.6)

 3–6 times a week

1080 (14.5)

 Everyday

868 (11.7)

 No

4890 (65.8)

 Unknown

25 (0.3)

BMI, n (%)

 

 < 18.5 kg/m²

184 (2.5)

 18.5–22.9 kg/m²

2915 (39.2)

 23.0–24.9 kg/m²

1991 (26.8)

 25.0–29.9 kg/m²

2338 (31.5)

 ≥ 30 kg/m²

0

Family history of Hypertension, n (%)

 

 Yes

1518 (20.4)

 No

5855 (78.8)

 Unknown

55 (0.7)

Family history of Hyperglycemia, n (%)

 

 Yes

934 (12.6)

 No

6443 (86.8)

 Unknown

51 (0.7)

Waist circumference, cm, mean ± SD

82.7 ± 8.8

Systolic blood pressure, mmHg, mean ± SD

121.5 ± 16.5

Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg, mean ± SD

77.3 ± 10.5

Fasting blood glucose, mg/dL, mean ± SD

94.7 ± 18.9

Total cholesterol, mg/dL, mean ± SD

195.4 ± 34.9

Triglyceride, mg/dL, mean ± SD

123.1 ± 74.3

High density lipoprotein cholesterol, mg/dL, mean ± SD

46.6 ± 11.4

  1. Note: Data were shown as mean ± SD for continuous variables and number (%) for categorical variables
  2. Abbreviations: SD, Standard deviation; KRW, Korean won; BMI, Body mass index