Metabolic syndrome and C-reactive protein in bank employees

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Table 1 Characteristics of the samples of the bank employees

Characteristics	Male		Female		Total		P-value
	n	%	n	%	N	%
Age							0.002
<50 years old	165	76.0	171	87.7	336	81.6
≥50 years old	52	24.0	24	12.3	76	18.4
Education							0.176
Until high school	58	26.7	41	21.0	99	24.0
Higher education	159	73.3	154	79.0	313	76.0
Race/color							0.605
White	127	58.5	119	61	246	59.7
Non-white*	90	41.5	76	39	166	40.3
Marital status **							0.0001
Living with life partner‡	157	72.4	103	53.1	260	63.3
Not living with life partner§	60	27.6	91	46.9	151	36.7
Socioeconomic class †							0.712
A/B	123	56.7	107	54.9	230	55.8
C/D	84	43.3	88	45.1	182	44.2
Working hours							0.484
<6 hours/day	85	39.2	83	42.6	168	40.8
≥8 hours/day	132	60.8	112	57.4	244	59.2
Alcohol consumption							0.0001
Drinks or has drunk in the past	174	80.2	117	60.0	291	70.6
Does not drink	43	19.8	78	40.0	121	29.4
Tobacco use							0.002
Smokes or has smoked in the past	85	39.2	48	24.7	133	32.4
Does not smoke	132	60.8	146	75.3	278	67.6
Physical activity							0.658
Active	111	51.2	104	53.3	215	52.2
Inactive	106	48.8	91	46.7	197	47.8

Notes: Chi-square test; n=412;

* non-white individuals included those of indigenous race and those with black, brown, or yellow skin color;

** N=411;

‡ lives with partner – married or not;

§ does not live with a partner – single, separated, divorced, or widowed.

† Socioeconomic class is classified on a scale ranging from A (highest) to E (lowest) using the Economic Classification Criterion of Brazil, which assesses the presence and quantity of some household items and the level of education of the head of the household. Study undertaken in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, in 2016.

Figure 1 Serum levels of us-CRP in bank employees with and without MS stratified in general (A) and by sex (B).

Notes: Data are presented as the mean values. Study undertaken in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, in 2016.
Abbreviations: MS, metabolic syndrome; us-CRP, ultrasensitive C-reactive protein.

Figure 2 us-CRP level quartiles for bank employees according to the prevalence of MS stratified by sex (female [A] and male [B]) and age (<50 years old [C] and ≥ 50 years old [D]).

Note: Study undertaken in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, in 2016.
Abbreviations: MS, metabolic syndrome; us-CRP, ultrasensitive C-reactive protein.

Figure 3 Frequency of the number of MS criteria and the percentage of altered us-CRP.

Note: Study undertaken in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, in 2016.
Abbreviations: MS, metabolic syndrome; us-CRP, ultrasensitive C-reactive protein.

Figure 4 Frequency of the number of MS criteria and the average us-CRP values stratified by sex.

Note: Study undertaken in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, in 2016.
Abbreviations: MS, metabolic syndrome; us-CRP, ultrasensitive C-reactive protein.

Figure 5 Behavior of MS criteria according to altered us-CRP versus normal us-CRP.

Notes: (A) Waist circumference; (B) fasting glucose; (C) HDL-c; (D) TAG; (E) SBP; and (F) DBP. Student’s t-test for independent samples was used for A, E, and F. Mann–Whitney U test was used for B, C, and D. Values indicated with “*” are the outliers; P-values shown with “*” are significant; P-values shown without “*” are not significant. Study undertaken in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, in 2016.
Abbreviations: DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDL-c, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; MS, metabolic syndrome; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TAG, triglycerides; us-CRP, ultrasensitive C-reactive protein.