Table 1.

Mean values ± standard error of body weight, Body Mass Index, anthropometrics skin folds (Bicipital, Tricipital, Subscapular and Suprailiac), waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, cardiovascular score, and Mediterranean diet adherence, corresponding to the four groups studied.

	Control Men	MS Men	Control Women	MS Women
Body weight (kg)	79.3 ± 4.06	90.1 ± 1.27	65.7 ± 2.87	80.6 ± 4.97 *
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)	27.8 ± 1.16	33.5 ± 1.66	26.7 ± 1.38	32.8 ± 1.95 *
Waist circunference (cm)	96.9 ± 3.68	112.9 ± 3.81 *	85.2 ± 2.48	106.1 ± 4.12 ***
Waist to hip ratio	1 ± 0.02	1.1 ± 0.03 **	0.9 ± 0.01	1 ± 0.01 *** aaa
Bicipital skinfold (mm)	7.4 ± 0.85	13.8 ± 1.55 *	13.1 ± 0.74 a	18.3 ± 2.09 *
Tricipital skinfold (mm)	10.9 ± 1.27	13.4 ± 1.56	23.1 ± 1.58 aaa	28.3 ± 2.65 aaa
Subscapular skinfold (mm)	18.2 ± 2.30	31.2 ± 1.98 **	20.2 ± 1.73	31.6 ± 2.64 **
Suprailiac skinfold (mm)	10.2 ± 1.07	19.9 ± 2.63 **	16.1 ± 1.43	23.8 ± 1.63 **
Cardiovascular score	2.3 ± 0.40	7.8 ± 1.67 **	1.2 ± 0.21	4.7 ± 1.47 *
AMeDit	8.7 ± 0.59	7.0 ± 0.67	8.6 ± 0.51	6.1 ± 0.58 *

AMeDit (Mediterranean diet adherence), MS men (Metabolic Syndrome men), MS women (Metabolic Syndrome women). (*) significant differences between metabolic syndrome vs. control: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. (a) significant differences between women vs. men: a p < 0.05, aaa p < 0.001.