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Table 1.

Anthropometric and Metabolic Syndrome Characteristics of the Study Population

	With metabolic syndrome (n=49)	Without metabolic syndrome (n=71)	P value
Age (years)	42.7±6.5	39.2±6.7	0.005
Sex (M/F) (n)	14/35	14/57	0.261
Race (white/black/other) (n)	22/22/5	19/49/3	0.027
Body weight (kg)	108±20.7	107±20.2	0.830
BMI (kg/m²)	38.5±6.2	38.5±6.4	0.953
Waist circumference (all) (cm)	114.4±11.7	113.3±14.1	0.634
Neck circumference (cm)	40.1±3.8	38.5±3.8	0.026
Lean body mass (kg)	63.1±12.9	59.6±11.1	0.134
Body fat (%)	39.8±6.9	42.2±6.9	0.078
Visceral fat (cm³)	395.5±151.5	298.6±160.3	0.002
Subcutaneous fat (cm³)	872.0±315.2	952.3±302.3	0.160
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	128.7±12.4	120.8±11.3	<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	76.3±10.1	72.5±9.4	0.034
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)	94.7±16.2	86.6±8.1	0.002
Fasting insulin (mU/L)	12.8±7.2	9.8±7.2	0.027
HOMA index	3.0±1.9	2.1±1.7	0.002
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	121.9±65.0	81.7±36.7	<0.001
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	181.9±43.9	178.5±39.2	0.618
HDL-C (all) (mg/dL)	43.2±6.8	54.4±14.0	<0.001
HDL-C (men) (mg/dL)	42.4±7.6 (n=14)	48.8±9.4 (n=14)	0.031
HDL-C (women) (mg/dL)	43.5±6.5 (n=35)	55.8±14.6 (n=57)	<0.001
LDL-C (mg/dL)	118.1±37.1	110.0±26.5	0.162
Metabolic syndrome score	24.0±8.7	15.9±5.7	<0.001
Current smoker (Y/N/Unknown) (n)	3/44/2	7/56/8	0.260
Medications (n)
Psychiatric	1	5	0.416^a
Antidiabetic	3	0	0.131^a
Anti-inflammatory	4	4	0.850^a
Statins	4	3	0.601^a
Antihypertensive	12	15	0.829^a
Intranasal steroids	4	4	0.850^a
Oral contraceptives (women only)	1	7	0.183^a

^{^a}

Chi-squared test P value.

Significant P values are in bold.

BMI, body mass index; HOMA, homeostasis model assessment; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.