Table 2. General characteristics of population according to metabolic syndrome status .

Variables	Total (N=700)		Mets+(N=240)		Mets-(N=460)		P value
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age (years)	42.40	12.38	48.47	10.10	39.28	12.28	< 0.001*
BMI (kg/m2)	27.69	4.94	30.55	4.55	26.18	4.46	< 0.001*
Categorical variables
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex
Male	288	41.1	88	36.6	200	43.4	0.11¥
Female	412	58.9	153	63.7	260	56.6
Residency
Tabriz	341	48.7	124	51.6	216	47	0.3¥
Counties	359	51.3	116	48.3	244	53
Current smoker	78	11.1	22	9.3	54	11.8
Marriage
Single	57	8.1	13	5.5	49	10.6	0.05¥
Married	643	91.9	227	94.5	411	89.4
Socioeconomic factors
Education
Not educated	103	14.7	57	23.6	46	10.1	< 0.001¥
Diploma and lower diploma	501	71.6	161	67	340	73.9
University	96	13.7	22	9.3	74	16.1
Employment status
Employed	288	41.1	92	38.3	196	42.7	0.33¥
Not employed	412	58.9	148	61.7	224	57.3
Physical activity
Low	249	35.6	83	34.6	165	35.9	0.9¥
Medium	214	30.5	75	31.3	139	30.2
High	237	33.9	82	34.1	156	33.9

* P value of independent t-test; ¥ P value of chi-square. P<0.05 is statistically significant.