Table 2.
Comparison of subjects with and without metabolic syndrome (MS).
| Characteristics | MS n = 138 |
Without MS n = 357 |
|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 53.3 ± 13.9 | 44.4 ± 14.8 |
| Waist (cm) | 108.1 ± 11.9 | 87.5 ± 12.8 |
| Men | 110.1 ± 9.7 | 92.4 ± 11.3 |
| Women | 106.3 ± 13.4 | 84.1 ± 12.6 |
| BMI (kg/m²) | 33.3 ± 5.4 | 26.2 ± 5.2 |
| Men | 32.2 ± 4.6 | 26.1 ± 4.5 |
| Women | 34.4 ± 5.9 | 26.2 ± 5.6 |
| HOMA-IR | 2.88 ± 1.97 | 1.11 ± 1.01 |
| Men | 3.02 ± 2.14 | 1.16 ± 1.28 |
| Women | 2.75 ± 1.80 | 1.07 ± 0.77 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 141.4 ± 14.5 | 124.2 ± 15.1 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 87.5 ± 8.5 | 78.7 ± 9.2 |
| Cholesterol (mmol/L)* | 5.88 ± 1.18 | 5.63 ± 1.18 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 1.85 ± 0.89 | 1.10 ± 0.51 |
| HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) (men) | 1.19 ± 0.36 | 1.48 ± 0.42 |
| HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) (women) | 1.36 ± 0.36 | 1.74 ± 0.43 |
| Fasting glucose (mmol/L) | 6.14 ± 1.08 | 5.16 ± 0.46 |
| 2h glucose during OGTT (mmol/L) | 7.22 ± 2.79 | 5.11 ± 1.81 |
| Fasting insulin (mU/L) | 10.44 ± 6.37 | 4.76 ± 4.20 |
| Impaired fasting glucose¤,$ | 12 (9) | 13 (4) |
| Impaired glucose tolerance¤ | 27 (20) | 17 (5) |
| Diabetes¤ | 33 (24) | 6 (2) |
Data presented as mean ± SD, ¤data presented as n (%), P < 0.0001, $ P = 0.04, *P = 0.03.
OGTT: oral glucose tolerance test.