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. 2013 Jul 3;13:629. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-629

Table 2.

The descriptive characteristics of participantsts with and without MetS in both sexes

Men
Women
Variables MetS non-MetS P value MetS non-MetS P value
Age(yr)
46.98 ± 7.38
46.96 ± 8.73
0.971
52.25 ± 9.56
45.15 ± 10.63
0.000
BMI(kg/m2)
29.49 ± 2.59
25.09 ± 2.39
0.000
27.33 ± 3.38
22.41 ± 2.61
0.000
WC(cm)
93.84 ± 6.28
82.23 ± 5.43
0.000
85.94 ± 6.68
75.98 ± 5.02
0.000
BF(%)
27.88 ± 4.67
19.92 ± 5.31
0.000
34.11 ± 4.58
26.76 ± 5.30
0.000
FMI(kg/m2)
8.33 ± 1.87
5.10 ± 1.60
0.000
9.46 ± 2.22
6.12 ± 1.75
0.000
SBP(mmHg)
129.15 ± 17.76
122.93 ± 17.64
0.000
138.82 ± 20.65
121.69 ± 20.60
0.000
DBP(mmHg)
84.00 ± 11.48
75.57 ± 11.45
0.000
79.72 ± 12.39
71.69 ± 10.36
0.000
TC(mmol/L)
4.94 ± 0.91
4.95 ± 0.91
0.921
4.92 ± 1.01
4.76 ± 0.87
0.118
TG(mmol/L)
3.19 ± 2.21
1.73 ± 0.98
0.000
2.24 ± 1.36
1.08 ± 0.58
0.000
HDL(mmol/L)
0.99 ± 0.21
1.16 ± 0.25
0.000
1.12 ± 0.22
1.44 ± 0.30
0.000
LDL(mmol/L)
2.99 ± 0.89
3.16 ± 0.76
0.008
3.03 ± 0.83
2.93 ± 0.76
0.238
FBG((mmol/L))
6.42 ± 1.77
5.27 ± 0.93
0.000
5.84 ± 1.67
4.92 ± 0.43
0.000
CRP(mg/L)
2.60 ± 2.37
1.64 ± 1.98
0.000
2.02 ± 1.88
1.23 ± 1.79
0.000
Current smokers(%)
40.10
37.90
0.545
21.1
18.8
0.582
Regular exercise(%) 25.00 34.20 0.007 45.9 41.9 0.454