Table I.

Number (%) of patients with clinical disorders at baseline.^∗†

Disorder	Group A (n = 21)	Group B (n = 22)
Hypertriglyceridemia	16 (76.2)	18 (81.8)
Hyperuricemia	16 (76.2)	15 (68.2)
Hypertension†	15 (71.4)	15 (68.2)
Hypercholesterolemia	14 (66.7)	15 (68.2)
Microalbuminuria	3 (14.3)	8 (36.4)
Type 2 diabetes mellitus‡	2 (9.5)	6 (27.3)
Impaired fasting glycemia	1 (4.8)	3 (13.6)

^∗No significant differences were found between the 2 groups.

^†Some patients had >1 disorder.

^‡Two patients in each group (9.5% in group A, 9.1% in group B) had both hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus.