Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population (38 subjects in each group) addjusted for age and sex

parameters	Group normal	Group metabolic syndrome	p
Anthropometric parameters
Age (years)	44.24±10.55	44.21±11.06	>0.001
BMI(kg/m)	22.26±4.33	28.89±4.78	<0.001
Waist circumference (cm)	85.76±10.20	101.42±9.48	<0.001
Hip circumference, (cm)	100.45±6.09	111.16±8.67	<0.001
WHR	0.88±0.07	0.92±0.05	<0.001
Cardiac variables
SBP (mm Hg)	106.89±9.62	123.92±13.43	<0.001
DBP (mm Hg)	68.66±6.94	77.76±9.56	<0.001
FMD (%)	4.17±0.69	3.84±0.55	0.024
Biomedical parameters
FBG (mmol/L)	82.39±6.04	96.26±18.53	<0.001
Triglycerides, mmol/l	113.71±32.29	208.47±69.29	<0.001
Total cholesterol, mmol/l	176.03±40.32	208.58±41.47	<0.001
HDL-C, mmol/l	44.89±7.51	38.45±6.36	<0.001
LDL-C, mmol/l	89.24±23.92	97.82±22.51	<0.001
CRP, mg/l	3.02±1.45	4.65±3.01	<0.001
Resistin (ng/ml)	0.82±0.44	1.70±0.54	0.004
ET-1(pg/ml)	71.44±132.82	145.73±223.03	0.008

FMD: Flow-mediated dilation; BMI: Body mass index; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; FBG: Fasting blood glucose; HDL: High density lipoprotein; LDL: Low density lipoprotein; CRP: C-Reactive protein; ET-1: Endothelin-1