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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants with MetS according to SDOH in NHANES

From: Association between social determinants of health with the all-cause and cause-specific (cancer and cardio-cerebrovascular) mortality among the population with metabolic syndrome: NHANES 2005–2018

Variable

Total

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Pvalue

Age

55.3 ± 0.3

57.0 ± 0.4

56.8 ± 0.5

52.3 ± 0.7

49.8 ± 0.5

< 0.0001

Follow-up Time (months)

87.2 ± 1.3

90.7 ± 2.0

86.4 ± 1.7

83.0 ± 2.0

82.4 ± 1.6

0.01

Follow-up Status, n (%)

     

< 0.0001

Alive

6173(87.3)

1905(90.4)

1912(84.0)

876(85.2)

1480(86.8)

 

Deceased

1193(12.7)

275(9.6)

478(16.0)

178(14.8)

262(13.2)

 

Sex

     

< 0.0001

Female

3984(52.2)

956(43.2)

1303(56.6)

613(60.2)

1112(62.5)

 

Male

3382(47.8)

1224(56.8)

1087(43.4)

441(39.8)

630(37.5)

 

Ethnicity, n (%)

     

< 0.0001

Mexican American

1172(7.7)

186(3.1)

324(7.0)

245(13.3)

417(17.9)

 

Non-Hispanic Black

1510(10.1)

349(5.3)

505(10.5)

241(15.1)

415(18.7)

 

Non-Hispanic White

3469(72.4)

1342(85.0)

1197(72.6)

407(59.2)

523(46.7)

 

Other

1215(9.8)

303(6.6)

364(9.8)

161(12.4)

387(16.7)

 

Employment, n (%)

     

< 0.0001

Employed, student, retired

5308(77.4)

2071(94.5)

1978(80.6)

656(59.1)

603(36.5)

 

Not employed

2058(22.6)

109(5.5)

412(19.4)

398(40.9)

1139(63.5)

 

PIR, n (%)

     

< 0.0001

<3

4904(53.0)

392(13.9)

1803(70.5)

989(92.0)

1720(98.1)

 

≥3

2462(47.0)

1788(86.1)

587(29.5)

65(8.0)

22(1.9)

 

Food security, n (%)

     

< 0.0001

Full food security

5009(75.3)

2125(97.7)

1878(78.7)

600(54.5)

406(21.6)

 

Marginal, low, or very low

2357(24.7)

55(2.3)

512(21.3)

454(45.5)

1336(78.4)

 

Education, n (%)

     

< 0.0001

High school or more

5311(82.1)

2109(96.7)

1852(82.5)

632(69.3)

718(50.7)

 

Less than high school

2055(17.9)

71(3.3)

538(17.5)

422(30.7)

1024(49.3)

 

Access to healthcare, n (%)

     

< 0.0001

No routine place, or ER/hospital/other

814(10.0)

35(1.8)

152(7.6)

157(19.2)

470(30.7)

 

Routine place to go for healthcare

6552(90.0)

2145(98.2)

2238(92.4)

897(80.8)

1272(69.3)

 

Health insurance, n (%)

     

< 0.0001

Government or no insurance

3623(38.1)

211(9.2)

977(37.6)

800(74.6)

1635(93.1)

 

Private insurance

3743(61.9)

1969(90.8)

1413(62.4)

254(25.4)

107(6.9)

 

Housing instability, n (%)

     

< 0.0001

Own home

4958(73.9)

2102(96.9)

1832(74.0)

573(53.4)

451(25.3)

 

Rent or other arrangement

2408(26.1)

78(3.1)

558(26.0)

481(46.6)

1291(74.7)

 

Marital status, n (%)

     

< 0.0001

Married or living with a partner

4481(66.0)

1917(88.4)

1461(58.1)

539(49.6)

564(31.9)

 

Not married nor living with a partner

2885(34.0)

263(11.6)

929(41.9)

515(50.4)

1178(68.1)

 

Smoke, n (%)

     

< 0.0001

former

2273(31.8)

760(35.1)

804(34.4)

306(28.0)

403(20.3)

 

never

3719(49.8)

1208(54.3)

1207(48.8)

514(47.2)

790(41.5)

 

now

1374(18.3)

212(10.6)

379(16.8)

234(24.8)

549(38.2)

 

Alcohol user, n (%)

     

< 0.0001

former

1696(19.9)

383(15.8)

595(22.6)

277(24.6)

441(22.5)

 

never

1193(12.1)

237(8.5)

376(12.8)

203(14.5)

377(19.1)

 

now

4477(68.0)

1560(75.7)

1419(64.6)

574(60.9)

924(58.4)

 

BMI, n (%)

     

0.2

<25

437(5.3)

125(4.9)

149(5.1)

54(5.8)

109(6.2)

 

>29.9

4891(68.2)

1430(67.1)

1542(68.3)

722(69.5)

1197(70.2)

 

25-29.9

2038(26.5)

625(28.0)

699(26.6)

278(24.7)

436(23.6)

 

Hypertension, n (%)

     

< 0.001

no

1913(28.3)

536(25.7)

584(28.1)

288(32.8)

505(32.9)

 

yes

5453(71.7)

1644(74.3)

1806(71.9)

766(67.2)

1237(67.1)

 

DM, n (%)

     

0.5

DM

2852(32.3)

780(31.3)

925(32.7)

431(33.3)

716(33.9)

 

no

4514(67.7)

1400(68.7)

1465(67.3)

623(66.7)

1026(66.1)

 

Hyperlipidemia, n (%)

     

0.1

no

436(5.3)

150(5.8)

151(5.8)

55(4.7)

80(3.7)

 

yes

6930(94.7)

2030(94.2)

2239(94.2)

999(95.3)

1662(96.3)

 

Depression, n (%)

     

< 0.0001

no

6510(89.9)

2097(95.7)

2177(90.6)

916(85.7)

1320(75.4)

 

yes

856(10.1)

83(4.3)

213(9.4)

138(14.3)

422(24.6)

 

Cancer, n (%)

     

< 0.0001

no

6365(85.3)

1802(82.2)

2043(85.9)

934(87.4)

1586(91.2)

 

yes

1001(14.7)

378(17.8)

347(14.1)

120(12.6)

156(8.8)

 

CCVD, n (%)

     

< 0.001

no

5838(81.9)

1794(84.2)

1889(81.8)

821(77.3)

1334(78.7)

 

yes

1528(18.1)

386(15.8)

501(18.2)

233(22.7)

408(21.3)

 

Heart attack, n (%)

     

0.4

no

6738(92.7)

2014(93.0)

2192(93.0)

959(91.5)

1573(91.9)

 

yes

628(7.3)

166(7.0)

198(7.0)

95(8.5)

169(8.1)

 

Stroke, n (%)

     

< 0.0001

no

6855(94.4)

2091(96.4)

2203(93.8)

966(91.5)

1595(92.2)

 

yes

511(5.6)

89(3.6)

187(6.2)

88(8.5)

147(7.8)

 

Congestive heart failure, n (%)

     

< 0.0001

no

6848(94.1)

2070(95.7)

2223(94.1)

969(91.1)

1586(91.7)

 

yes

518(5.9)

110(4.3)

167(5.9)

85(8.9)

156(8.3)

 

Coronary heart disease, n (%)

     

0.4

no

6750(91.8)

1975(91.2)

2182(91.9)

981(92.7)

1612(93.0)

 

yes

616(8.2)

205(8.8)

208(8.1)

73(7.3)

130(7.0)

 

Angina, n (%)

     

0.2

no

6967(94.8)

2071(95.3)

2265(95.0)

997(93.8)

1634(93.8)

 

yes

399(5.2)

109(4.7)

125(5.0)

57(6.2)

108(6.2)

 
  1. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; DM, diabetes mellitus; CCVD, cardio-cerebral vascular disease; SDOH, Social determinants of health; MetS, Metabolic syndrome; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
  2. Weighted Data: All data presented in this table are weighted to reflect the complex survey design of the NHANES dataset, ensuring that the sample is representative of the U.S. population
  3. Data are presented as weighted mean (SE) or weighted frequencies (weighted percentages)