Table III.

 Qualitative Changes of the Metabolic Syndrome (MS) Criteria According to the Presence of MS

	MS (Δ%)	No MS (Δ%)	P Value
Waist circumference	−1.38	+0.10	NS
Systolic blood pressure	−6.27	+0.24	<.001
Diastolic blood pressure	−4.16	−0.99	<.001
HDL cholesterol	+8.14	+3.66	<.001
Triglycerides	−15.21	−3.75	<.001
Fasting glucose	−4.37	+0.29	<.001

Abbreviations: Δ%, percentage change; HDL, high‐density lipoprotein; NS, not significant.