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. 2011 Nov 11;50(3):184–189. doi: 10.3164/jcbn.11-48

Table 3.

Association of tPA Polymorphism with metabolic syndrome parameters among subjects

Metabolic syndrome parameter tPA polymorphism
D/D n (36) I/D n (63) I/I n (30) Univariate p value I/I vs D/D p value I/D vs D/D p value
Body mass index (kg/m2) 22.1 (21.1–23.2) 22.4 (21.7–23.2) 22.0 (21.0–23.0) 0.76 0.84 0.65
Waist circumference (cm) 77.4 (75.0–79.8) 77.9 (76.2–79.7) 78.4 (76.0–80.9) 0.83 0.45 0.72
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 79.7 (77.3–82.2) 79.0 (77.2–80.9) 80.6 (78.0–83.3) 0.63 0.61 0.68
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 133 (128–138) 129 (126–132) 128 (124–133) 0.32 0.19 0.17
Triglyceride (mmol/l) 0.95 (0.83–1.08) 1.04 (0.95–1.14) 1.12 (0.98–1.27) 0.2 0.07 0.25
T-cholesterol (mmol/l) 5.07 (4.81–5.34) 5.30 (5.09–5.51) 5.32 (5.00–5.66) 0.35 0.9 0.19
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) 1.56 (1.46–1.66) 1.54 (1.47–1.61) 1.52 (1.42–1.63) 0.86 0.59 0.69
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) 3.02 (2.77–3.28) 3.18 (2.98–3.39) 3.17 (2.87–3.50) 0.58 0.43 0.32
Fasting blood sugar (mmol/l) 4.96 (4.82–5.10) 4.98 (4.88–5.08) 5.02 (4.87–5.17) 0.84 0.55 0.8
Insulin (pmol/l) 39.5 (33.8–46.0) 45.2 (40.2–50.7) 42.2 (35.6–50.0) 0.39 0.56 0.17
Insulin resistance 0.78 (0.66–0.92) 0.89 (0.79–1.00) 0.83 (0.69–0.98) 0.45 0.66 0.22

The result presented as geometric mean and 95% confidence interval of the mean adjusted for age, gender and race as covariates which evaluated by univariate (General Linear Model). Number of subjects = 130.