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Table 1 General characteristics of adolescent QoL and personality traits with MS study

From: The association of quality of life and personality characteristics with adolescent metabolic syndrome: a cohort study

Variables

All

Metabolic syndrome (MS)

No

1 ~ 2 MS Components

Yes

P

Sample size

1961

1052 (53.65%)

817 (41.66%)

92 (4.69%)

 

Region

Urban

1467 (74.81%)

829 (78.80%)

576 (70.50%)

62 (67.39%)

< 0.01

Rural

494 (25.19%)

223 (21.20%)

241 (29.50%)

30 (32.61%)

 

Gender, male (n (%))

1020 (52.01%)

554 (52.66%)

415 (50.8%)

51 (55.43%)

0.58

Age, y

11.68 ± 0.60

11.65 ± 0.60

11.72 ± 0.60

11.75 ± 0.60

0.04

Anthropometric measures in 2014

Age, y

7.26 ± 0.59

7.24 ± 0.59

7.28 ± 0.58

7.29 ± 0.60

0.33

Height, cm

124.52 ± 6.11

123.67 ± 5.86a

125.27 ± 6.15 b

127.57 ± 6.72 c

< 0.01

Weight, kg

25.92 ± 5.58

24.27 ± 4.13a

27.27 ± 5.98 b

32.65 ± 7.61 c

< 0.01

BMI, kg/m2

16.59 ± 2.53

15.79 ± 1.82a

17.24 ± 2.75 b

19.84 ± 3.09 c

< 0.01

Waist circumference, cm

55.69 ± 7.09

53.59 ± 5.55a

57.40 ± 7.48 b

64.23 ± 8.46 c

< 0.01

SBP, mmHg

100.6 ± 8.94

98.85 ± 8.36a

102.14 ± 9.04 b

106.70 ± 9.33 c

< 0.01

DBP, mmHg

62.68 ± 7.76

61.57 ± 7.51a

63.72 ± 7.79 b

66.08 ± 8.04 c

< 0.01

Anthropometric measures in 2019

Height, cm

151.75 ± 7.98

150.22 ± 7.89a

153.21 ± 7.67b

156.33 ± 7.59c

< 0.01

Weight, kg

44.30 ± 10.98

39.63 ± 7.69a

48.58 ± 11.24b

59.62 ± 11.30c

< 0.01

BMI, kg/m2

19.07 ± 3.76

17.45 ± 2.50a

20.58 ± 4.01b

24.22 ± 3.32c

< 0.01

Waist circumference, cm

65.83 ± 10.03

61.20 ± 5.98a

70.06 ± 10.77b

81.18 ± 8.26c

< 0.01

Hip circumference, cm

81.68 ± 8.28

78.45 ± 6.49a

84.68 ± 8.41b

92.05 ± 6.58c

< 0.01

SBP, mmHg

105.71 ± 9.49

102.76 ± 8.02a

108.29 ± 9.62b

116.62 ± 9.36c

< 0.01

DBP, mmHg

62.82 ± 6.70

61.40 ± 5.87a

63.98 ± 7.07b

68.72 ± 7.05c

< 0.01

Puberty

536 (27.33%)

267 (25.38%)

246 (30.11%)

23 (25.00%)

0.11

Serum biochemical indexes in 2014

FBG, mmol/l

4.12 ± 0.6

4.07 ± 0.59a

4.17 ± 0.58ab

4.29 ± 0.71b

< 0.01

TC, mmol/l

3.51 ± 0.72

3.49 ± 0.75

3.54 ± 0.68

3.62 ± 0.69

0.25

TG, mmol/l

0.91 ± 0.53

0.82 ± 0.42a

0.99 ± 0.58b

1.36 ± 0.78c

< 0.01

HDL-C, mmol/l

1.26 ± 0.27

1.30 ± 0.27a

1.23 ± 0.27b

1.10 ± 0.22c

< 0.01

LDL-C, mmol/l

1.73 ± 0.56

1.68 ± 0.53a

1.78 ± 0.59a

1.99 ± 0.63b

< 0.01

Serum biochemical indexes in 2019

FBG, mmol/l

4.45 ± 0.43

4.45 ± 0.38

4.45 ± 0.49

4.50 ± 0.51

0.58

TC, mmol/l

3.52 ± 0.61

3.53 ± 0.57

3.50 ± 0.66

3.47 ± 0.62

0.43

TG, mmol/l

1.06 ± 0.50

0.83 ± 0.20a

1.26 ± 0.55b

1.85 ± 0.84c

< 0.01

HDL-C, mmol/l

1.44 ± 0.31

1.55 ± 0.28a

1.34 ± 0.28b

1.06 ± 0.20c

< 0.01

LDL-C, mmol/l

1.84 ± 0.44

1.81 ± 0.42a

1.86 ± 0.46a

1.94 ± 0.46b

< 0.01

Metabolic syndrome components

Central obesity

428 (21.83%)

_

341 (41.74%)

87 (94.57%)

< 0.01

Elevated triglycerides

499 (25.45%)

_

416 (50.92%)

83 (90.22%)

< 0.01

Reduced HDL-C

182 (9.28%)

_

122 (14.93%)

60 (65.22%)

< 0.01

Elevated blood pressure

192 (9.79%)

_

141 (17.26%)

51 (55.43%)

< 0.01

Impaired fasting glucose

30 (1.53%)

_

27 (3.30%)

3 (3.26%)

< 0.01

Perinatal measures

Fatal weight of pregnancy week

Appropriate for gestational age

1097 (68.18%)

599 (69.41%)

444 (66.37%)

54 (70.13%)

0.04

Small for gestational age

126 (7.83%)

79 (9.15%)

43 (6.43%)

4 (5.19%)

 

Large for gestational age

386 (23.99%)

185 (21.44%)

182 (27.20%)

19 (24.68%)

 

Mother’s education, y

 ~ 9

641 (33.42%)

335 (32.56%)

283 (35.42%)

23 (25.56%)

0.04

 ~ 12

660 (34.41%)

363 (35.28%)

254 (31.79%)

43 (47.78%)

 

 ≥ 15

617 (32.17%)

331 (32.17%)

262 (32.79%)

24 (26.67%)

 

13 domains of QoL

Self-satisfy

50.07 ± 11.35

49.81 ± 11.32

50.54 ± 11.40

48.99 ± 11.18

0.25

Relationship of teacher and pupil

53.59 ± 10.08

53.50 ± 9.97

53.82 ± 10.09

52.67 ± 11.29

0.53

Physical feeling

49.94 ± 10.75

49.97 ± 10.57

49.99 ± 10.89

49.25 ± 11.61

0.82

Companionship

53.74 ± 10.51

53.42 ± 10.46

54.33 ± 10.30

52.24 ± 12.49

0.07

Parenthood

51.27 ± 11.36

51.18 ± 11.17

51.45 ± 11.70

50.81 ± 10.64

0.82

Physical activity ability

50.14 ± 10.66

50.93 ± 10.45a

49.48 ± 10.80a

46.89 ± 10.84b

< 0.01

Learning ability and attitude

51.77 ± 10.24

51.50 ± 10.15

52.26 ± 10.16

50.53 ± 11.69

0.14

Self-esteem

50.34 ± 11.06

50.17 ± 10.96

50.76 ± 11.09

48.64 ± 11.83

0.17

Negative emotion

47.71 ± 11.25

47.57 ± 11.26

48.05 ± 11.09

46.41 ± 12.47

0.34

Attitude of doing homework

51.47 ± 9.06

51.57 ± 8.92

51.48 ± 9.05

50.25 ± 10.77

0.41

Activity opportunity

54.60 ± 9.62

54.16 ± 9.59

55.26 ± 9.64

53.69 ± 9.46

0.03

Living convenience

54.45 ± 7.73

54.28 ± 7.60

54.57 ± 7.96

55.18 ± 7.18

0.47

Other (picky-eating and surroundings)

50.66 ± 10.12

50.04 ± 10.24a

51.25 ± 9.93a

52.49 ± 10.03b

< 0.01

Four factors of QoL

Psychosocial health factor

64.79 ± 10.37

64.64 ± 10.19

65.18 ± 10.46

63.13 ± 11.45

0.46

Physical and mental health factor

35.87 ± 5.98

35.89 ± 5.87

35.94 ± 6.06

35.12 ± 6.50

0.16

Living environment factor

24.01 ± 4.28

24.14 ± 4.24a

23.94 ± 4.33a

23.11 ± 4.19b

0.07

Quality of life satisfaction factor

24.90 ± 4.37

24.75 ± 4.40

25.11 ± 4.36

24.79 ± 4.21

0.21

Total score of QoL

52.61 ± 12.37

52.47 ± 12.17ab

53.06 ± 12.56a

50.33 ± 12.85b

0.12

Personality characteristics

Extraversion (E)

50.30 ± 13.04

50.69 ± 13.19a

50.13 ± 12.86a

47.33 ± 12.67b

0.05

Neuroticism (N)

50.28 ± 14.67

50.48 ± 14.55

49.80 ± 14.60

52.31 ± 16.59

0.26

Psychoticism (P)

39.86 ± 8.96

39.92 ± 8.94

39.71 ± 8.86

40.58 ± 10.11

0.66

Lie (L)

53.43 ± 8.89

53.41 ± 8.67

53.41 ± 9.09

53.89 ± 9.68

0.88

  1. a,b,c: the difference among groups using “a”, “b”, “c” labelled, different letters mean the difference existed between two groups