Table 2.
Correlations of patient characteristics with diagnosis of metabolic syndrome
| Characteristic or parameter | r | P value |
| TG/HDL-C | 0.42 | <0.001 |
| UA (mmol/L) | 0.189 | <0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 0.363 | <0.001 |
| Waist circumference | 0.308 | <0.001 |
| FBG (mmol/L) | 0.364 | <0.001 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 0.059 | 0.037 |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | −0.301 | <0.001 |
| TC (mmol/L) | 0.057 | 0.044 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 0.383 | <0.001 |
| Gender | 0.018 | 0.53 |
| ECG | 0.03 | 0.286 |
| Age (years) | −0.012 | 0.672 |
| Education | −0.012 | 0.647 |
| Hypertension | 0.436 | <0.001 |
| Marital status | −0.01 | 0.712 |
| DBP (mm Hg) | 0.217 | <0.001 |
| SBP (mm Hg) | 0.381 | <0.001 |
R=Kendall’s tau-b correlation coefficient or Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.
BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FBG, fasting blood glucose; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; UA, uric acid.