Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of the MetS and non-MetS groups.

	Men			Women
	Non-MetS	MetS	P value	Non-MetS	MetS	P value
No. of participants	30,588 (89.3%)	3646 (10.7%)		24,582 (94.6%)	1390 (5.4%)
Age, years	39.00 (32.00–47.00)	48.00 (41.00–54.00)	< 0.001	38.36 (31.00–46.00)	49.00 (42.00–55.00)	< 0.001
%BF	24.19 (20.54–28.14)	31.03 (27.63–34.75)	< 0.001	32.27 (28.50–36.92)	42.54 (38.65–47.47)	< 0.001
ABSI	0.07 (0.01)	0.08 (0.01)	< 0.001	0.07 (0.01)	0.07 (0.01)	< 0.001
BMI, kg/m2	26.37 (3.92)	30.72 (4.60)	< 0.001	24.66 (4.58)	31.44 (6.00)	< 0.001
WC, cm	86.98 (8.20)	99.95 (11.53)	< 0.001	74.58 (8.91)	89.60 (13.44)	< 0.001
WHtR	0.50 (0.05)	0.58 (0.06)	< 0.001	0.46 (0.06)	0.56 (0.08)	< 0.001
SBP, mmHg	123.68 (14.79)	138.15 (16.45)	< 0.001	113.55 (14.27)	132.99 (17.60)	< 0.001
DBP, mmHg	74.91 (10.35)	84.25 (10.91)	< 0.001	69.77 (9.99)	82.08 (10.83)	< 0.001
TC, mg/dL	192.00 (168.00–216.00)	218.30 (194.00–246.00)	< 0.001	189.00 (166.00–214.00)	219.00 (196.00–246.00)	< 0.001
HDL-C, mg/dL	52.00 (47.00–55.32)	43.00 (36.70–50.00)	< 0.001	55.00 (50.00–60.00)	46.00 (43.00–50.00)	< 0.001
LDL-C, mg/dL	119.80 (95.80–143.80)	132.60 (104.40–159.60)	< 0.001	117.80 (93.20–143.00)	140.60 (116.60–166.65)	< 0.001
TG, mg/dL	96.00 (70.00–128.00)	206.00 (165.00–267.00)	< 0.001	77.00 (59.00–98.00)	161.00 (107.75–202.00)	< 0.001
Non-HDL-C, mg/dL	141.00 (115.00–166.00)	174.90 (148.00–204.00)		134.00 (108.00–161.00)	172.00 (148.00–200.00)	< 0.001
RC, mg/dL	19.20 (14.00–25.60)	41.20 (33.00–53.20)	< 0.001	15.40 (11.80–19.60)	32.20 (21.40–40.40)	< 0.001
FPG, mg/dL	87.00 (79.00–95.00)	101.00 (89.00–111.00)	< 0.001	83.00 (77.00–90.50)	100.00 (88.00–110.00)	< 0.001
Smoker (yes)	10,948 (35.79%)	1474 (40.43%)	< 0.001	8012 (32.62%)	401 (29.31%)	0.011

Abbreviations as in Table 1.