Table 1.

Clinical, anthropometric and metabolic characteristics of all study subjects with quartiles stratification according to the SVR

	Total	Q1 (n=200)	Q2 (n=200)	Q3 (n=199)	Q4 (n=199)	p-value
Male (n)	35.01%	39.0%	36.0%	35.7%	30.2%	0.005
Age	40.12±10.22	49.27±11.19	40.35±8.07	37.07±6.88	33.75±6.89	<0.001
FPG	5.67±1.61	6.32±2.15	5.71±1.50	5.46±1.28	5.20±1.07	<0.001
2h-PG	7.30±3.32	8.29±4.69	7.36±3.11	6.95±2.61	6.58±2.05	<0.001
TC	4.99±1.08	5.46±1.08	5.12±1.07	4.91±0.94	4.45±0.95	<0.001
TG	1.54±1.76	1.98±2.16	1.80±2.27	1.32±0.96	1.04±1.04	<0.001
LDL-C	2.66±0.78	3.02±0.78	2.79±0.75	2.60±0.69	2.21±0.66	<0.001
HDL-C	1.23±0.31	1.20±0.32	1.18±0.30	1.24±0.32	1.29±0.27	0.001
HOMA-IR	3.10±2.30	3.92±2.6	3.64±2.72	2.88±1.89	1.95±1.05	<0.001
BMI	25.46±4.00	27.81±3.96	26.96±3.50	25.17±2.96	21.86±2.57	<0.001
WC	86.02±11.55	92.50±10.05	88.97±10.24	85.66±10.03	76.88±8.55	<0.001
SBP	126.16±18.88	136.04±20.52	127.86±20.38	131.91±18.38	131.03±19.21	<0.001
DBP	76.27±12.01	80.68±12.36	78.37±11.85	75.98±10.88	70.03±10.22	<0.001

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HOMA-IR, Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FPG, fasting plasma glucose, 2h-PG, 2 hr plasma glucose; SVR, Skeletal muscle mass to visceral fat area ratio.