Table 2.

Demographic and anthropometric factors in subjects with and without metabolic syndrome and acanthosis nigricans

Variable	Acanthosis nigricans (subjects with metabolic syndrome n = 1025)			Acanthosis nigricans (subjects without metabolic syndrome n = 1924)
	Present	Absent	p value	Present	Absent	p value
	n = 296 (28.9)	n = 729 (71.1)		n = 217 (11.3)	n = 1707 (88.7)
Age	51.8 (7.4)	54.6 (7.0)	< 0.001	49.4 (7.8)	52.0 (8.0)	< 0.001
Males	94 (31.8)	239 (33.0)	0.71	111 (51.2)	899 (52.5)	0.72
BMI	28.4 (4.0)	25.5 (3.4)	< 0.001	27.2 (3.8)	22.4 (3.8)	< 0.001
Waist	95.3 (8.5)	90.3 (8.6)	< 0.001	92.0 (9.4)	81.2 (9.6)	< 0.001
WHR	0.97 (0.07)	0.96 (0.07)	< 0.001	0.96 (0.07)	0.92 (0.07)	0.02