Table 4.

Differences of various biomarkers in subjects with and without metabolic syndrome as per IDF criteria

Parameter	Metabolic syndrome	N	Mean	Std. dev	Sig. (2-tailed)
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)	Present	117	5.72	1.85	0.070
	Absent	108	5.25	1.98
Fasting triglyceride (mmol/L)	Present	117	1.79	0.68	< 0.001
	Absent	108	1.37	0.68
Triglyceride-glucose index (TyG)	Present	117	8.91	0.42	< 0.001
	Absent	108	8.53	0.55
HDLc (mmol/L)	Present	117	0.94	0.25	0.040
	Absent	108	1.02	0.26
Non-HDLc (mmol/L)	Present	117	3.61	0.60	0.004
	Absent	108	3.36	0.65
sdLDLc (mmol/L)	Present	117	0.92	0.33	< 0.001
	Absent	108	0.70	0.29
HbA1c (%)	Present	115	5.93	0.94	0.001
	Absent	107	5.51	0.88
HOMAIR	Present	115	2.53	1.77	0.084
	Absent	107	2.10	1.89