Brief Article
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Aug 21, 2012; 18(31): 4215-4220
Published online Aug 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i31.4215
Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study subjects (mean ± SD) n (%)
VariableCases (n=918)Controls (n=6652)Pvalues
Age (yr)48.5 ± 9.144.7 ± 9.0< 0.0001
Height (cm)165.6 ± 7.9165.6 ± 7.70.2791
Weight (kg)72.6 ± 11.369.4 ± 12.2< 0.0001
Body mass index (kg/m2)26.3 ± 3.025.2 ± 3.4< 0.0001
Waist circumference (cm)91.6 ± 9.487.8 ± 10.7< 0.0001
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)123.6 ± 14.3119.8 ± 14.5< 0.0001
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)74.1 ± 9.872.2 ± 10.4< 0.0001
Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L)5.39 ± 1.375.11 ± 1.04< 0.0001
High density lipid (mg/L)44.6 ± 10.946.0 ± 0.580.0004
Triglyceride (mg/L)201.1 ± 183.3183.7 ± 182.70.0069
Male653 (71.1)4325 (65.0)0.0003
Larger waist circumference673 (73.3)3918 (58.9)< 0.0001
Higher blood pressure401 (43.7)2072 (31.2)< 0.0001
Higher FPG146 (15.9)600 (9.0)< 0.0001
Lower high-density lipid407 (44.3)2842 (42.8)0.3551
Higher triglyceride473 (51.5)3044 (45.8)0.0010
Table 2 Association of metabolic syndrome with human gallstone n (%)
MetS statusGallstone status
OR (95% CI)Pvalues
CasesControls
Male
Non-MetS343 (11.6)2600 (88.4)0.0030
MetS310 (15.2)1725 (84.8)1.29 (1.09-1.52)
Female
Non-MetS169 (8.4)1852 (91.6)0.0004
MetS96 (16.8)475 (82.2)1.68 (1.26-2.25)
Total
Non-MetS512 (10.3)4452 (89.7)< 0.0001
MetS406 (15.6)2200 (84.4)1.42 (1.23-1.64)