Table 2. Components of the metabolic syndrome.
Abdominal obesity | Hypergly-cemia | Hypertriglyce-ridemia | Reduced HDL cholesterol | Hypertension | Abdominal obesity plus ≥2 MetS components | |
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T1 N (%) | 5 (10) | 0 (0) | 10 (24) | 2 (5) | 11 (25) | 0 (0) |
T2 N (%) | 7 (15) | 2 (5) | 17 (41) | 0 (0) | 17 (39) | 3 (7) |
Incidence of clinical features of metabolic syndrome (MetS) at baseline (T1) and after four days of dexamethasone treatment (T2).