The Associations of Novel Vitamin D3 Metabolic Gene CYP27A1 Polymorphism, Adiponectin/Leptin Ratio, and Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged Taiwanese Males
Table 2
Means ± standard deviations or numbers (%) of the MetS parameters in the patients with the CYP27A1 rs4674344 SNP.
Subjects with AA ()
Subjects with T-carrier ()
value of the association with CYP27A1 rs4674344
MetS, (%)
0.038*
Yes
158 (35.4)
90 (44.6)
No
289 (64.6)
112 (55.4)
Component numbers:
0 ()
78 (17.8)
21 (10.4)
1 ()
113 (25.5)
58 (28.7)
2 ()
96 (21.6)
33 (16.3)
3 ()
90 (20.2)
52 (25.7)
4 ()
53 (11.9)
30 (14.9)
5 ()
15 (3.3)
8 (4.0)
Number of MetS criteria
1.9 ± 1.4
2.1 ± 1.4
0.038*
Individual MetS Component, (%)
High waist circumference
118 (26.3)
65 (32.1)
0.26
High blood pressure
273 (61.1)
127 (62.9)
0.38
Low HDL
95 (21.2)
55 (27.2)
0.25
High triglyceride
150 (33.6)
85 (42.1)
0.06
High fasting glucose
160 (35.8)
79 (39.1)
0.51
MetS: metabolic syndrome; HDL: high density lipoprotein. values were adjusted for age, alcohol, smoking, and betel chewing. Significant difference ().