Relationship between Metabolic Syndrome and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Hallym Aging Study

Table 3

Comparisons between included and excluded participants in the 2007 study.

	Included participants ()	Excluded participants ()	value
Age (years)	71.4 ± 7.4	72.8 ± 8.3	0.272
MS (%)	125 (55.8)	61 (58.6)	0.552
WC (cm)	88.3 ± 7.4	87.4 ± 9.4	0.387
BMI (kg/m^2)	24.92.7	24.6 ± 3.2	0.435
Hypertension (%)	72 (32.1)	32 (30.7)	0.646
DM (%)	28 (12.5)	15 (14.4)	0.650
Hyperlipidemia (%)	9 (4.0)	2 (1.9)	0.217
IIEF-5	12.1 ± 8.7	10.5 ± 9.0	0.150
Smoking (%)			0.867
None	42 (20.9)	21 (20.1)
Ex	108 (53.7)	53 (50.9)
Current	51 (25.4)	30 (28.8)
Regular exercise (%)	67 (33.3)	30 (23.6)	0.134
Alcohol (g/day)	53.2 ± 158.2	39.9 ± 100.0	0.395
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	190.4 ± 35.2	187.0 ± 34.1	0.403

MS: metabolic syndrome; WC: waist circumference; BMI: body mass index; DM: diabetes mellitus; IIEF-5: 5-item version of the International Index of Erectile Function.