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Table 4

Clinical characteristics of MES(+) and MES(−) groups.

variables	MES(+)	MES(−)	value
Age (years)	63.79 ± 12.81	62.58 ± 12.51	0.470
Sex (man, %)	55 (72.4%)	164 (75.6%)	0.580
Hypertension (, %)	46 (60.5%)	154 (71.0%)	0.092
Diabetes (, %)	21 (27.6%)	65 (30.0%)	0.702
CAD (, %)	18 (23.7%)	50 (23.0%)	0.909
Smoking (, %)	36 (47.4%)	107 (49.3%)	0.771
Drinking (, %)	27 (35.5%)	94 (43.3%)	0.235
Family history of cerebrocardiovascular events (, %)	16 (21.1%)	45 (20.7%)	0.954
BMI (kg/m^2)	24.32 ± 3.95	23.87 ± 3.96	0.387
TG (mmol/l)	1.45 ± 0.56	1.60 ± 0.98	0.102
TC (mmol/l)	4.53 ± 0.98	4.44 ± 1.19	0.551
HDL (mmol/L)	1.04 ± 0.25	1.05 ± 0.23	0.644
LDL (mmol/L)	2.75 ± 0.74	2.68 ± 0.91	0.560
hs-CRP (mmol/L)	7.51 ± 10.22	7.60 ± 9.20	0.946
GLU (mmol/L)	6.19 ± 2.70	6.30 ± 2.45	0.746