Table 3.
Stratification of Subjects With or Without Metabolic Syndrome by Number of Metabolic Syndrome Components*
| No. of Components |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | 0 (n = 33) | 1 (n = 35) | 2 (n = 23) | 3 (n = 66) | 4 (n = 35) | 5 (n = 22) | P† ANOVA |
| hsCRP (mg/L) | 1.9 ± 0.3 | 3.2 ± 0.5 | 4.7 ± 0.5 | 4.8 ± 0.3 | 5.2 ± 0.8 | 5.1 ± 0.8 | <.0001 |
| Total adiponectin (μg/mL) | 10.03 ± 0.83 | 7.02 ± 0.45 | 5.61 ± 0.54 | 5.65 ± 0.33 | 4.91 ± 0.35 | 3.01 ±0.29 | <.0001 |
| HMW adiponectin (μg/mL) | 5.88 ± 0.64 | 3.57 ± 0.33 | 2.57 ± 0.36 | 2.70 ± 0.25 | 2.18 ± 0.25 | 1.06 ± 0.16 | <.0001 |
| MMW + LMW adiponectin (μg/mL) | 4.15 ± 0.23 | 3.46 ± 0.16 | 3.04 ± 0.20 | 2.95 ± 0.13 | 2.73 ± 0.18 | 1.96 ± 0.19 | <.0001 |
| SA | 0.54 ± 0.02 | 0.47 ± 0.02 | 0.41 ± 0.02 | 0.43 ± 0.02 | 0.42 ± 0.03 | 0.35 ± 0.03 | .0001 |
| Adiponectin/hsCRP ratio | 15.5 ± 3.1 | 8.1 ± 1.8 | 2.8 ± 0.6 | 1.9 ± 0.3 | 1.6 ± 0.2 | 0.7 ± 0.1 | <.0001 |
| HMW adiponectin/hsCRP ratio | 8.68 ± 1.81 | 4.18 ± 1.04 | 1.23 ± 0.29 | 0.95 ± 0.15 | 0.63 ± 0.09 | 0.23 ± 0.04 | <.0001 |
| MMW + LMW adiponectin/hsCRP ratio | 6.82 ± 1.40 | 3.93 ± 0.83 | 1.58 ± 0.31 | 1.02 ± 0.16 | 0.89 ± 0.16 | 0.43 ± 0.09 | <.0001 |
ANOVA, analysis of variance; HMW, high-molecular-weight; hsCRP, high-sensitive C-reactive protein; LMW, low-molecular-weight; MMW, medium-molecular-weight; SA, HMW adiponectin/total adiponectin ratio.
*
Data are given as mean ± SEM.
†
Kruskal-Wallis test.