Selected characteristics according to metabolic syndrome in cancer survivors
| Characteristic | Male | Female | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-metabolic syndrome | Metabolic syndrome | P-value | Non-metabolic syndrome | Metabolic syndrome | P-value | ||
| Age (y) | 61.2 (59.3–63.2) | 62.9 (60.5–65.4) | 0.287 | 55.5 (54.5–56.5) | 64.2 (62.6–65.9) | <0.001 | |
| Age at cancer diagnosis (y) | 54.2 (52.2–56.2) | 56.3 (54.0–58.7) | 0.167 | 46.7 (45.7–47.7) | 56 (51.5–60.5) | <0.001 | |
| Time since cancer diagnosis (y) | |||||||
| <5 | 150 (38.9) | 75 (48.9) | 0.153 | 216 (34.1) | 79 (29.6) | 0.062 | |
| 5–9 | 117 (32.9) | 46 (26.0) | 184 (29.6) | 71 (28.5) | |||
| ≥10 | 104 (28.2) | 41 (25.1) | 225 (36.3) | 113 (41.9) | |||
| Marital status | |||||||
| Ever married | 356 (92.8) | 161 (99.3) | 0.003 | 609 (97.0) | 260 (99.0) | 0.041 | |
| Never married | 15 (7.2) | 1 (0.7) | 16 (3.0) | 3 (1.0) | |||
| Educational status | |||||||
| Elementary school | 105 (22.7) | 53 (26.2) | 0.756 | 196 (27.4) | 133 (47.3) | <0.001 | |
| Middle school | 60 (15.3) | 18 (12.1) | 83 (12.5) | 39 (13.5) | |||
| High school | 97 (28.2) | 45 (28.3) | 194 (35.0) | 65 (28.3) | |||
| College or higher | 109 (33.8) | 46 (33.4) | 152 (25.1) | 26 (10.9) | |||
| Household income | |||||||
| Low | 96 (21.8) | 56 (29.2) | 0.984 | 139 (18.6) | 103 (38.3) | <0.001 | |
| Low-middle | 118 (30.0) | 36 (19.2) | 149 (21.9) | 77 (25.9) | |||
| Middle-high | 83 (24.0) | 34 (23.6) | 169 (29.7) | 52 (22.5) | |||
| High | 74 (24.2) | 36 (28.0) | 168 (29.8) | 31 (13.3) | |||
| Stress perception, yes | 67 (20.1) | 23 (13.8) | 0.122 | 145 (21.8) | 67 (27.4) | 0.126 | |
| Regular exercise walking, yes | 157 (43.8) | 62 (35.6) | 0.111 | 242 (39.8) | 91 (35.7) | 0.32 | |
| Body mass index, ≥25.0 kg/m2 | 70 (20.8) | 94 (60.6) | <0.001 | 123 (18.2) | 153 (61.6) | <0.001 | |
| Current smoking status, yes | 52 (13.9) | 32 (24.2) | 0.038 | 15 (3.4) | 6 (2.3) | 0.472 | |
| Current drinking status, yes | 192 (56.7) | 95 (65.0) | 0.121 | 184 (32.2) | 52 (19.9) | <0.001 | |
| High risk drinking status, yes | 33 (11.3) | 24 (16.7) | 0.199 | 9 (1.6) | 4 (2.5) | 0.592 | |
Values are presented as mean (95% confidence interval) or number (weighted %).
P-values were calculated by t-test for continuous variables and chi-square test for categorical variables.