Fig 1.

Metabolic syndrome score in relation to mean white blood count (A) and C-reactive protein (B), and linear regression analyses of C-reactive protein vs. leukocyte count (C), and of leukocyte count vs. waist circumference (D), serum HDL cholesterol (E), and triglyceride (F) levels in African Americans (closed circles) and Caucasians (open circles). Metabolic syndrome score indicates the sum of components of the NCEP metabolic syndrome markers. WBC, white blood count; CRP, C-reactive protein; HDL, high density lipoprotein. To convert HDL cholesterol from mg/dL to mmol/L multiply by .02586. To convert triglycerides from mg/dL to mmol/L multiply by .0113

^aP=0.004, ^b P=0.0003, ^c P<.0001 compared to participants with no metabolic syndrome component

The data in Fig. 1A and 1B are means ± SE