TABLE 1.

The major demographic and serum characteristics of the MetS subjects and the control group.

	MetS (n = 123)	Control (n = 304)	p
Gender	Female: 31, male: 92	Female: 106, male: 198	0.068
Age	44.82 ± 11.86	42.93 ± 11.38	0.134
WC	93.79 ± 11.75	89.66 ± 9.93	0.001*
BMI	26.24 ± 3.93	24.80 ± 3.26	0.000*
VFA	104.26 ± 36.56	94.03 ± 32.29	0.007*
SBP	139.43 ± 13.74	124.31 ± 15.25	0.000*
DBP	88.01 ± 8.95	75.11 ± 10.84	0.000*
FBG	5.60 ± 1.44	5.32 ± 1.37	0.065
HbA1c	5.95 ± 0.86	5.81 ± 0.80	0.196
TC	4.75 ± 0.79	4.70 ± 0.90	0.562
TG	1.86 ± 1.29	1.61 ± 1.12	0.068
HDL	1.34 ± 0.40	1.37 ± 0.36	0.519
LDL	2.89 ± 0.74	2.88 ± 0.79	0.832
UC	342.35 ± 83.66	326.33 ± 87.67	0.079
WBC	6.49 ± 1.72	6.05 ± 1.55	0.015*
NEC	3.84 ± 1.30	3.56 ± 1.14	0.037*

WC, waist circumference; BMI, body mass index; VFA, visceral fat area; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FBG, fasting blood glucose; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin A1c; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; UC, uric; WBC, white blood cell; NEC, neutrophil count. Differences between MetS subjects (n = 123) and the control group (n = 304) were compared by using Student’s t-tests for normal continuous variables. Statistical significance was defined as p < 0.05. *p < 0.05.