Table 2.

Levels of the five parameters across number of MetS components

Variable	0	1	2	3	4	5	P for trend
Male	(n = 307)	(n = 796)	(n = 975)	(n = 611)	(n = 298)	(n = 90)
BMI	21.77 ± 2.60	22.66 ± 3.11	23.97 ± 2.89	25.68 ± 2.84	26.26 ± 2.69	27.55 ± 2.61	< 0.001
WHtR	0.47 ± 0.04	0.48 ± 0.04	0.50 ± 0.05	0.54 ± 0.05	0.55 ± 0.04	0.57 ± 0.04	< 0.001
TG/HDL-C	0.74 ± 0.30	0.85 ± 0.43	1.05 ± 0.74	1.70 ± 1.19	2.65 ± 1.97	4.07 ± 3.40	< 0.001
LAP	11.86 ± 8.32	15.70 ± 10.87	22.39 ± 15.39	39.76 ± 20.32	62.16 ± 34.16	98.27 ± 80.30	< 0.001
VAI	0.91 ± 0.38	1.05 ± 0.54	1.32 ± 0.93	2.17 ± 1.41	3.44 ± 2.47	5.36 ± 4.62	< 0.001
Female	(n = 256)	(n = 676)	(n = 994)	(n = 862)	(n = 631)	(n = 226)
BMI	21.15 ± 2.62	21.95 ± 2.87	23.37 ± 3.02	25.07 ± 3.93	25.98 ± 3.50	27.61 ± 3.15	< 0.001
WHtR	0.47 ± 0.05	0.49 ± 0.05	0.51 ± 0.06	0.54 ± 0.06	0.56 ± 0.06	0.59 ± 0.04	< 0.001
TG/HDL-C	0.61 ± 0.24	0.74 ± 0.32	0.96 ± 0.57	1.44 ± 1.23	2.11 ± 1.60	2.91 ± 2.40	< 0.001
LAP	14.14 ± 8.25	18.38 ± 10.07	26.00 ± 14.44	39.68 ± 20.38	61.59 ± 38.48	96.96 ± 61.52	< 0.001
VAI	1.09 ± 0.43	1.33 ± 0.60	1.76 ± 1.03	2.65 ± 2.17	3.97 ± 3.00	5.71 ± 4.97	< 0.001