Table 2.

Characteristics of Patients With and Without Metabolic Syndrome

	Metabolic Syndrome (n=62)	No Metabolic Syndrome (n=194)	P Value
Age, y	48.74±8.25	41.05±8.96	.0001
Weight, cm	79.21±13.17	71.73±12.43	.0001
Body mass index, kg/dL	30.65±5.69	26.26±4.48	.0001
Height, cm	160.85±8.32	165.70±9.26	.0001
Hip circumference, cm	110.90±9.76	101.51±10.39	.0001
Waist circumference, cm	96.33±9.24	87.94±10.35	.0001
Waist‐hip ratio	0.87±0.06	0.87±0.09	.929
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	120.95±13.00	116.72±14.35	.046
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	79.05±10.1	76.69±10.9	.143
Fasting plasma glucose, mg/dL	108.8±12.2	94.0±14.0	.000
Plasma creatinine, mg/dL	0. 94±0.16	0.95±0.19	.767
Plasma urea, mg/dL	25.76±5.35	25.88±5.60	.888
Total blood cholesterol, mg/dL	172.84±14.0	173.87±18.9	.700
Triglycerides, mg/dL	95.39±13.45	99.04±13.44	.076
Low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, mg/dL	105.26±10.6	102.36±11.7	.094
Highdensity lipoprotein cholesterol, mg/dL	42.48±3.33	43.67±7.51	.235
Occupation, %
Physicians	91 (96.8)	3 (3.2)	.0001
Nursing staff	76 (59.8)	51 (40.2)
Others	27 (77.1)	8 (22.9)