Table 4.

Number of participants with metabolic syndrome, greater waist circumference, dyslipidemia, high blood pressure, or high plasma glucose in IC and GC groups.

	IC		GC		P
	Pre	Post	Pre	Post
Metabolic syndrome	37	20	54	31	NS
Greater waist circumference	37	36	54	52	NS
Dyslipidemia	24	19	33	23	NS
High blood pressure	27	18	41	36	0.035
High plasma glucose	17	11	12	9	NS

Notes: The data represent numbers of participants with metabolic syndrome, greater waist circumference, dyslipidemia, high blood pressure, or high plasma glucose. Metabolic syndrome was defined as the presence of 2 or more abnormalities in addition to visceral obesity (greater waist circumference: 85 cm or more in men). These three abnormalities are as follows: (i) dyslipidemia; triglycerides ≥ 150 mg/dL and/or high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) < 40 mg/dL, (ii) high blood pressure; systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥ 130 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ≥ 85 mmHg, (iii) high plasma glucose; fasting glucose ≥ 110 mg/dL. Pearson’s chi-square test.