Table 1. Characteristics of the 98 consecutive stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and without MetS that were included in this cross-sectional study.

Values are given as number (percentage, %) or mean (standard deviation-SD), COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, MetS: metabolic syndrome, p-value: COPD group versus COPD+MetS group, BMI: body mass index, FEV1: forced expiratory volume in one second, FVC: forced vital capacity, BP: blood pressure, HDL: high-density lipoprotein, LDL: low-density lipoprotein, CRP: C-reactive protein, *: Mann-Whitney test for independent samples