Table 2. Individual MetS components and clusters of MetS components according to tertile of depressive symptoms.

	n	1st tertile	2nd tertile	3rd tertile	p-value* (trend)
Component
High fast plasma glucose	721	34.4	36.2	29.4	0.534
High blood pressure	565	35.9	33.9	30.2	0.490
Low HDL	662	31.3	34.2	34.5	0.004
High triglycerides	576	30.0	33.0	37.0	< 0.001
High waist circumference	717	28.2	37.8	34.0	< 0.001
Clustered components
0	192	41.2	30.2	28.6
1	339	37.6	38.6	23.8
2	354	35.6	32.9	31.5
3	299	30.4	31.8	37.8
4	202	28.7	42.6	28.7
5	83	31.2	30.0	38.8	0.001

MetS = metabolic syndrome.

^*Test for trend for differences between frequencies was calculated using the Cuzick method.