Table 1.

The essential characteristics and laboratory test results.

	H-VFA (n = 18)	L-VFA (n = 23)	p
Age	50.89 ± 4.47	48.78 ± 4.45	0.141
Gender	male6; female12	male5; female18	0.406
BMI	22.23 ± 1.18	22.01 ± 1.04	0.541
WC	79.47 ± 4.65	74.08 ± 3.68	0.001*
VFA	150.75 ± 37.05	75.35 ± 15.72	<0.001*
SBP	121.89 ± 13.05	115.57 ± 19.21	0.239
DBP	77.11 ± 10.76	72.43 ± 12.79	0.221
FBG	5.53 ± 0.68	4.93 ± 0.32	0.010*
HbA1C	5.81 ± 0.49	5.58 ± 0.37	0.098
TC	5.30 ± 1.23	4.50 ± 0.84	0.020*
TG	1.67 ± 0.78	1.06 ± 0.44	0.006*
LDL	3.32 ± 1.02	2.64 ± 0.79	0.023*
HDL	1.47 ± 0.40	1.66 ± 0.37	0.123
SUA	311.28 ± 76.56	262.41 ± 53.37	0.023*
WBC	6.51 ± 1.26	5.19 ± 1.14	0.001*
NEC	3.80 ± 0.94	2.97 ± 0.87	0.006*
LYC	2.16 ± 0.50	1.74 ± 0.42	0.007*

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; SUA, serum uric acid; WBC, white blood cell; NEC, neutrophil count; LYC, lymphocyte count. Student’s t-tests were used to compare the differences between the H-VFA (n = 18) and the L-VFA (n = 23) groups. *p < 0.05.