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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study subjects

From: Metabolic syndrome risk in adult coffee drinkers with the rs301 variant of the LPL gene

 

No coffee consumption

Coffee consumption

p-value

(n = 5226)

(n = 2635)

Metabolic Syndrome

  

< 0.001

No

4165(79.70)

2208(83.80)

 

Yes

1061(20.30)

427(16.20)

 

rs301

  

0.009

TT

3306(63.26)

1671(63.42)

 

TC

1737(33.24)

836(31.73)

 

CC

183(3.50)

128(4.86)

 

Sex

  

< 0.001

Female

2619(50.11)

1453(55.14)

 

Male

2607(49.89)

1182(44.86)

 

Age (year)

  

< 0.001

30 to 40

1414(27.06)

785(29.79)

 

41 to 50

1430(27.36)

849(32.22)

 

51 to 60

1499(28.68)

669(25.39)

 

61 to 70

883(16.90)

332(12.60)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

  

0.176

Normal

2554(48.87)

1255(47.63)

 

Overweight

1577(30.18)

849(32.22)

 

Obese

1095(20.95)

531(20.15)

 

Smoking

  

0.001

Never

4064(77.77)

1946(73.85)

 

Former

591(11.31)

340(12.90)

 

Current

571(10.93)

349(13.24)

 

Alcohol intake

  

0.392

Never

4693(89.80)

2347(89.07)

 

Former

155(2.97)

75(2.85)

 

Current

378(7.23)

213(8.08)

 

Exercise

  

0.002

No

3348(64.06)

1691(64.17)

 

Aerobic

1687(32.28)

805(30.55)

 

Non aerobic

191(3.65)

139(5.28)

 

Midnight snacking

  

0.072

No

3609(69.06)

1767(67.06)

 

Yes

1617(30.94)

868(32.94)

 

Vegetarian diet

  

< 0.001

No

4692(89.78)

2426(92.07)

 

Former

276(5.28)

82(3.11)

 

Current

258(4.94)

127(4.82)

 
  1. Data were presented as numbers and percentages.
  2. Abbreviation: MetS = Metabolic Syndrome, BMI = body mass index; TT, TC, and CC are the genotypes of the variant rs301