Table 1. Clinical characteristics of subjects with and without metabolic syndrome.
| with metabolic syndrome | without metabolic syndrome | p-value* | |
| Males | |||
| n (%) | 82 (9.0) | 832 (91.0) | |
| Age (year) | 57.8 ± 12.2 | 56.3 ± 12.4 | N.S. |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 26.4 ±2.1 | 22.4 ± 2.6 | < 0.001 |
| Height (cm) | 163.7 ± 6.5 | 162.3 ± 7.2 | N.S. |
| Weight (kg) | 70.9 ± 7.9 | 59.2 ± 9.5 | < 0.001 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 90.3 ± 4.7 | 77.9 ± 7.8 | < 0.001 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 142.9 ± 17.9 | 127.4 ± 21.2 | < 0.001 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 86.0 ± 11.2 | 76.8 ± 12.1 | < 0.001 |
| Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL) | 108.8 ± 28.0 | 94.8 ± 15.7 | < 0.001 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 194.7 ± 30.3 | 185.0 ± 32.9 | 0.01 |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 38.4 ± 7.9 | 49.2 ± 13.6 | < 0.001 |
| Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 190.2 ± 104.1 | 111.5 ± 86.0 | < 0.001 |
| Current smoking, n (%) | 36 (43.9) | 405 (48.7) | N.S. |
| Current alcohol drinking, n (%) | 60 (73.2) | 632 (76.0) | N.S. |
| Diabetes Mellitus, n (%) | 32 (39.0) | 66 (7.9) | < 0.001 |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 75 (91.4) | 351 (42.1) | < 0.001 |
| Females | |||
| n (%) | 22 (1.7) | 1240 (98.3) | |
| Age (year) | 62.0 ± 10.7 | 55.8 ± 12.1 | 0.02 |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 28.9 ± 4.5 | 22.8 ± 3.0 | <0.001 |
| Height (cm) | 148.1 ± 7.7 | 150.3 ± 6.2 | N.S. |
| Weight (kg) | 63.0 ± 8.2 | 51.5 ± 7.6 | < 0.001 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 93.4 ± 3.7 | 73.7 ± 8.8 | < 0.001 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 151.0 ± 19.5 | 130.6 ± 22.4 | < 0.001 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 86.4 ± 9.5 | 76.9 ± 13.1 | < 0.001 |
| Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL) | 114.3 ± 35.7 | 92.3 ± 15.0 | < 0.001 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 212.9 ± 31.9 | 195.6 ± 33.5 | 0.02 |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 41.3 ± 6.5 | 51.4 ± 11.9 | < 0.001 |
| Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 172.5 ± 77.5 | 95.7 ± 51.6 | < 0.001 |
| Current smoking, n (%) | 1 (4.5) | 56 (4.6) | N.S. |
| Current alcohol drinking, n (%) | 7 (31.8) | 404 (33.1) | N.S. |
| Diabetes Mellitus, n (%) | 8 (36.3) | 78 (6.2) | < 0.001 |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 21 (95.4) | 598 (48.2) | < 0.001 |
HDL cholesterol: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
*: P-values were calculated with Student's t-test for variables and chi-square test for the population.
Data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation (SD) for variables and percentage for the population.