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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of bipolar patient and health control groups

From: Association between hyperuricemia and metabolic syndrome in patients suffering from bipolar disorder

Variable

Patient Group

(n = 318)

Control Group

(n = 160)

X2 /t

p

Age (years)

39.2 ± 13.1

38.5 ± 11.3

0.532

0.595

Male, n (%)

150 (47.2)

74 (46.3)

0.006

0.807

Education (years)

11.8 ± 3.5

11.7 ± 3.9

0.481

0.631

Married, n (%)

175 (55.0)

108 (67.5)

6.852

0.009

Smoker, n (%)

86 (27.0)

26 (16.3)

6.913

0.009

BMI(kg/m2)

24.8 ± 3.3

23.3 ± 2.6

4.955

< 0.001

Overweight, n (%)

145 (45.6)

48 (30.0)

10.757

0.001

Diastolic BP (mm Hg)

75.2 ± 8.4

73.8 ± 8.1

1.793

0.074

Systolic BP (mm Hg)

114.6 ± 11.1

113.5 ± 11.1

1.046

0.296

Hypertension, n (%)

91 (28.6)

29 (18.1)

6.231

0.013

WC (cm)

87.5 ± 11.1

83.6 ± 8.9

3.844

< 0.001

Increased WC, n (%)

186 (58.5)

53 (33.8)

26.062

< 0.001

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.2 ± 0.4

1.3 ± 0.4

3.331

0.001

Low HDL-C, n (%)

151 (47.5)

50 (31.3)

11.512

0.001

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

2.4 ± 1.5

1.4 ± 1.1

6.526

< 0.001

Hypertriglyceridemia, n (%)

118 (37.1)

37 (23.1)

9.497

0.002

FBG (mmol/L)

5.0 ± 1.2

4.8 ± 0.7

2.660

0.008

Hyperglycaemia, n (%)

75 (23.6)

22 (13.8)

6.365

0.012

MetS, n (%)

135 (42.5)

35 (21.9)

19.669

< 0.001

UA (mmol/L)

348.5 ± 91.8

300.2 ± 76.6

5.729

< 0.001

Hyperuricemia

88 (27.7)

19 (11.9)

15.290

< 0.001

  1. Data were mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated. BMI: body mass index; BP blood pressure, WC waist circumference, HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol, FBG fasting blood glucose, MetS metabolic syndrome, UA uric acid