Table 1.

Characteristics of the participants with or without metabolic syndrome

Variables	MetS group (n = 41)	non-MetS group (n = 60)	P-value
Age, years	40.66 ± 6.01	37 ± 5.57	0.002
Body mass index, kg/m2	28.74 ± 3.73	25.79 ± 3.70	<0.001
Waist circumference, cm	95.10 ± 15.16	88.65 ± 8.58	0.011
Fat free mass, kg	55.56 ± 12.14	51.28 ± 9.28	0.048
Fat mass, kg	24.92 ± 7.6	19.26 ± 6.55	<0.001
Trunk fat mass, kg	13.37 ± 3.94	10.49 ± 3.31	<0.001
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	122.8 ± 13.3	112.6 ± 12.5	<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	85.7 ± 10.3	78.3 ± 11.29	0.001
Fasting glucose, mg/dl	104.9 ± 12.1	95.8 ± 6.9	<0.001
Fasting insulin, μU/ml	12.6 ± 5.67	8.9 ± 4.36	<0.001
HOMA-IR	3.28 ± 1.49	2.12 ± 1.08	<0.001
Triglyceride, mg/dl	200.1 ± 130.3	102.4 ± 57.4	<0.001
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	200.9 ± 43.9	180.5 ± 30.6	0.007
LDL-C, mg/dl	123.8 ± 31.4	109.1 ± 24.1	0.009
HDL-C, mg/dl	42.7 ± 7.2	53 ± 11.7	<0.001
Uric Acid, mg/dl	5.87 ± 1.52	4.85 ± 1.28	<0.001

Data was expressed as mean ± SD