Table 1.

Clinical characteristics in patients without statin treatment defined as metabolic syndrome (MS) or not.

Patients	Non‐MS (n = 115)	MS (n = 26)	p
Sex (F/M)	(26/89)	(5/21)
Age	62.4 ± 1.2	62.4 ± 2.4	n.s.
BMI	26 ± 0.3	30 ± 0.8	<0.0001
Waist circumference (cm)	95 ± 1.0	107 ± 1.5	<0.01
Plasma total cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.4 ± 0.1	5.5 ± 0.2	n.s.
Plasma triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.0 ± 0.05	1.9 ± 0.2	<0.0001
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	3.5 ± 0.1	3.5 ± 0.2	n.s.
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.4 ± 0.04	1.2 ± 0.08	<0.01
Apolipoprotein B (g/L)	1.0 ± 0.02	1.1 ± 0.06	n.s.
Apolipoprotein A1 (g/L)	1.6 ± 0.03	1.4 ± 0.06	<0.05

Note: Data show mean ± SEM. Unpaired Student's t test

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; F, female; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low‐density lipoprotein; M, male; n.s, not significant.