Table 1. Blood pressure, biochemical and anthropometric characteristics and metabolic assessment of the study groupsa, b.

	Subjects with 2 MetS components (n=20; 13 men, 7 women)	Subjects with 3 MetS components (n=31; 12 men, 19 women)	Subjects with 4 MetS components (n=28; 12 men, 16 women)	Subjects with 5 MetS components (n=12; 6 men, 6 women)	P-values
Age (years)	64.61±1.46	57.06±1.47	56.23±1.37	58.84±0.51	0.243
TG (nmol l−1)	1.10±0.04a	1.24±0.09a	1.96±0.16b	2.11±0.05b	<0.001
Glucose (nmol l−1)	5.42±0.07a	6.04±0.26b	6.35±0.12b	6.89±0.09b	<0.001
HDL-C (nmol l−1)	1.33±0.04a	1.15±0.04b	1.06±0.04b	0.97±0.02b	<0.001
BMI	30.93±0.65a	34.21±0.71b	36.13±0.61b	35.07±0.41b	0.011
Insulin (mU l−1)	10.13±0.71a	10.91±0.93a	14.85±0.82b	15.23±0.66b	0.001
Waist circumference (cm)	102.32±2.05a	106.36±1.63b	108.78±1.60b	109.34±0.92c	0.018
hsCRP (mg l−1)	2.06±0.52a	4.57±1.21b	6.04±1.02b	8.43±1.57c	<0.001
eGFR (ml min−1 per 1.73 m2)	92.08±3.61a	86.55±2.84a	84.87±2.82a	72.78±2.59b	0.012
SBP (mm Hg)	137±2.25	142±2.93	145±2.75	144±1.44	0.123
DBP (mm Hg)	80±1.81a	85±1.35b	89±1.56b	91±1.26c	<0.001
HOMAIR	2.41±0.33a	2.55±0.13a	4.29±0.35b	4.66±0.32b	0.002
HOMAβ	118.13±1.95a	119.17±2.53a	112.70±5.87b	110.11±3.11b	0.032
QUICKI	0.340±0.006a	0.341±0.008a	0.313±0.005b	0.309±0.005b	0.023

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; HOMA_IR, homeostatic model assessment index for insulin resistance; HOMAβ, homeostatic model assessment index of insulin secretory function; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; MetS, metabolic syndrome; QUICKI, quantitative insulin sensitivity check index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TG, triglycerides.

^aValues are means±s.e. (all such values).

^bMeans in a column with different letters are significantly different, P<0.05.