Table 4.

Metabolic syndrome parameters in SH patients and control group.

	SH patients	Control group
MetS parameters	n (%)	n (%)
Abdominal obesity	28 (46.67%)	26 (43.33%)
Blood pressure ≥130/≥85 mmHg	22 (36.67%)*	6 (10.00%)
Low HDL cholesterol ‡	38 (63.33%)*	20 (33.33%)
High triglycerides, TG ≥ 1.7 mmol/l	50 (83.33%)	48 (80.00%)
Fasting plasma glucose, FPG ≥ 5.6 mmol/l	8 (13.33%)	6 (10.00%)

*p < 0.05.

‡ Low HDL cholesterol in men ≤ 1.03 mmol/l, in women ≤1.3 mmol/l.

n – number of patients.