PBMCs to Stress-Associated miR-18a-5p and miR-22-3p Ratios as New Indicators of Metabolic Syndrome

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of study subjects.

Variable	MetS ()	Control ()
Age (year)			<0.001	—
Gender (male/female)	31/8	19/23	0.001	—
Weight (kg)			<0.001	<0.001
Height (m)			0.030	0.028
BMI (kg/m)			<0.001	<0.001
WC (cm)			<0.001	0.001
HC (cm)			<0.001	<0.001
WHR			<0.001	<0.001
SBP (mmHg)			<0.001	<0.001
DBP (mmHg)			<0.001	0.013
FINS (μIU/ml)			<0.001	<0.001
HOMA-IR			<0.001	0.002
FPG (mmol/l)			<0.001	<0.001
TG (mmol/l)			<0.001	<0.001
HDLC (mmol/l)			<0.001	<0.001
TC (mmol/l)			0.002	0.04
LDLC (mmol/l)			0.338	0.479
SUA (μmol/l)			<0.001	<0.001
WBC (10^9/l)			<0.001	0.001
Hb (g/l)			<0.001	0.013
LC (10^9/l)			<0.001	<0.001
MC (10^9/l)		0.420.11	0.003	0.001
ALT (U/l)			<0.001	0.005
AST (U/l)			0.193	0.022
GGT (U/l)			<0.001	0.006
SCr (mg/dl)			0.011	0.974
eGFR (ml/(min·1.73 m^2))			0.033	0.889
Smoking (, %)	19, 48.70	16, 38.10	0.230	0.965
Alcohol use (, %)	16, 41.00	14, 33.30	0.313	0.153
PA (, %)	13, 33.33	28, 66.66	0.003	0.816
Education
UU (, %)	10, 25.60	7, 16.67	0.236	0.624
UA (, %)	29, 74.40	35, 83.33

Legend: value calculated with the independent sample test, and the data are expressed as the . value calculated with the nonparametric test, and the data are expressed as the . value calculated with the test, and the data are expressed as the number and percentage. : value calculated with binary logistic regression after adjusting for age and gender. Abbreviations: SUA: serum uric acid; WBC: white blood cell; Hb: hemoglobin; LC: lymphocyte count; MC: monocyte count; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate transaminase; GGT: glutamyl transpeptidase; SCr: serum creatinine; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; PA: physical activity; UU: under university; UA: university and above; : number.