Table 1 Characteristics of the study subjects
From: Type D personality and metabolic syndrome among Finnish female municipal workers
DS14 scale | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
None N = 409 | NA N = 65 | SI N = 93 | Type D N = 67 | ||
Age, years, mean (SD) | 48 (10) | 49 (10) | 50 (9) | 49 (10) | 0.52 |
Cohabiting, n (%) | 335 (82) | 51 (78) | 74 (80) | 49 (73) | 0.39 |
Education years, mean (SD) | 14 (2.6) | 13.6 (3.0) | 14.1 (2.7) | 14.4 (3.0) | 0.36 |
Weight, kg, mean (SD) | 73 (14) | 72 (12) | 71 (14) | 73 (15) | 0.59 |
Body mass index, kg/m2,mean (SD) | 26.9 (4.9) | 26.8 (4.6) | 26.6 (6.3) | 26.5 (4.9) | 0.91 |
Waist, cm, mean (SD) | 89 (13) | 89 (13) | 88 (15) | 88 (13) | 0.73 |
Audit-C, mean (SD) | 2.8 (1.6) | 2.8 (1.6) | 2.6 (1.5) | 2.9 (1.4) | 0.62 |
Smoking, n (%) | 36 (9) | 8 (12) | 7 (8) | 4 (6) | 0.60 |
Good quality of sleep, n (%) | 318 (78) | 44 (68) | 79 (85) | 42 (63) | 0.003* |
Major Depression Inventory, mean (SD) | 3.6 (4.3) | 10.0 (7.6) | 4.7 (3.9) | 10.5 (7.6) | < 0.001* |
Leisure-time physical activity, n (%) | 0.018* | ||||
Low | 51 (13) | 18 (28) | 12 (13) | 13 (19) | |
Moderate | 192 (47) | 28 (43) | 55 (59) | 31 (46) | |
High | 164 (40) | 19 (29) | 26 (28) | 23 (34) | |
Financial satisfaction, n (%) | 309 (76) | 42 (65) | 68 (73) | 40 (60) | 0.024* |
Regular medication, n (%) | |||||
Hypertension | 66 (16) | 9 (4) | 20 (22) | 16 (24) | 0.26 |
Hypercholesterolemia | 18 (4) | 2 (3) | 6 (6) | 5 (7) | 0.55 |
Diabetes | 16 (4) | 1 (2) | 3 (3) | 2 (3) | 0.92 |
Diseases, n (%) | |||||
Musculoskeletal system | 18 (4) | 5 (8) | 6 (6) | 2 (3) | 0.45 |
Cardiovascular diseases | 6 (1) | 1 (2) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 0.95 |
Mental disorders | 2 (1) | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | 4 (6) | 0.008 |
Fasting glucose, mmol/L, mean (SD) | 5.49 (0.55) | 5.43 (0.45) | 5.52 (0.62) | 5.56 (0.52) | 0.46 |
Fasting lipids, mmol/L, mean (SD) | 5.22 (0.91) | 5.46 (0.92) | 5.29 (0.86) | 5.32 (0.99) | 0.27 |
LDL-C | 2.95 (0.74) | 3.10 (0.74) | 3.02 (0.73) | 3.03 (0.79) | 0.38 |
HDL-C | 1.78 (0.45) | 1.81 (0.45) | 1.80 (0.43) | 1.82 (0.43) | 0.81 |
Triglycerides | 1.11 (0.58) | 1.22 (0.68) | 1.05 (0.52) | 1.04 (0.40) | 0.23 |
Blood pressure, mmHg, mean (SD) | |||||
Systolic | 131 (18) | 130 (17) | 132 (17) | 130 (16) | 0.88 |
Diastolic | 85 (11) | 85 (10) | 84 (10) | 84 (10) | 0.90 |