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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 11.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Alzheimer Res. 2015;12(7):640–647. doi: 10.2174/1567205012666150701102325

Table 1.

Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) Group Characteristics

No Risk
(0 MetS criteria)
n=20
Low Risk
(1–2 MetS criteria)
n=60
High Risk
(3+ MetS criteria)
n=39
Group Characteristics
Age (years)a 53.5±14.2 62.8±12.4 60.6±12.3
Education (years) 15.5±3.1 15.3±2.7 14.1±2.4
Sex (M:F) 6:14 31:29 17:22
Race (B:W) 6:14 30:30 21:18
pVIQb 110.5±10.1 106.1±13.1 99.1±15.0
Diabetes Presence (%) 0% 31% 80%
Diabetes Duration (months) n/a 29.3±57.9 72.2±72.6
CIRSb 2.2±2.1 5.0±3.2 7.0±3.5
Criterion Met (%)
HDL 0 13 66
Glucose 0 36 66
HTN 0 66 77
Triglyceride 0 8 74
BMI 0 35 77
a

p<.05;

b

p≤.005;

M:F=male:female; B:W=black:white;

pVIQ=predicted verbal IQ; CIRS=Cumulative Illness Rating Scale.