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. 2022 Oct 5;10(10):2487. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10102487

Table 1.

Characteristic of participants of the study and mean metabolic syndrome components for study and control group.

Total **
(n = 535)
Study Group
(n = 215)
Control Group
(n = 320)
p Value
Characteristic Mean score ± SD
Age [lata] 58.39 ± 11.71 58.48 ± 14.65 58.33 ± 9.26 0.509
BMI [kg/m2] 28.45 ± 5.87 32.05 ± 6.25 26.04 ± 4.12 <0.001
n (%)
Male gender 198 (37.0%) 88 (40.9 %) 110 (34.4%) 0.124
Metabolic syndrome components Mean score ± SD
HDL-c (mg/dL) 57.06 ± 20.93 42.35 ± 15.23 66.95 ± 18.27 <0.001
TGs (mg/dL) 122.21 ± 71.39 163.45 ± 89.98 94.50 ± 34.41 <0.001
glucose (mg/dL) 101.16 ± 32.78 116.95 ± 46.47 90.55 ± 8.32 <0.001
waist circumference (cm) 92.56 ± 16.51 104.94 ± 15.11 84.25 ± 11.43 <0.001
systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 133.68 ± 17.08 133.68 ± 18.27 133.68 ± 16.27 0.833
diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 83.31 ± 10.29 83.87 ± 11.20 82.93 ± 9.64 0.48

** Total—both the study group and control group; BMI—body mass index; HDL-c—high-density lipoprotein; TGs—triglycerides.