Research Article
Positive Association of Metabolic Syndrome with a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of Syndecan-3 (rs2282440) in the Taiwanese Population
Table 1
Descriptive characteristics of the study participants according to presence of metabolic syndrome.
| | Non-MetS group | MetS group | |
| | Age (yrs) | 36.8 | 40.8 | <0.0001 | | Women, n (%) | 274 (70.1) | 69 (44.8) | <0.0001 | | Smoking, n (%) | 21 (5.4) | 34 (22.1) | <0.0001 | | Exercise habits, n (%) | 205 (52.4) | 73 (47.4) | 0.2905 | | Alcohol drinking, n (%) | 54 (13.1) | 34 (22.1) | 0.0182 | | Hx of HTN, n (%) | 34 (8.7) | 56 (36.4) | <0.0001 | | Hx of DM, n (%) | 5 (1.3) | 38 (24.7) | <0.0001 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 25.0 | 30.8 | <0.0001 | | WC (cm) | 79.2 | 97.3 | <0.0001 | | PFM (%) | 31.0 | 36.8 | <0.0001 | | SBP (mmHg) | 119.4 | 136.9 | <0.0001 | | DBP (mmHg) | 74.9 | 86.2 | <0.0001 | | TG (mg/dl) | 86.8 | 185.4 | <0.0001 | | HDL-C (mg/dl) | 60.0 | 43.8 | <0.0001 | | FPG (mg/dl) | 88.3 | 114.0 | <0.0001 | | Insulin (μU/ml) | 8.3 | 18.8 | <0.0001 | | Homa-IR | 1.8 | 5.6 | <0.0001 | | HOMA-IR group | | | | | ≥ 75%tile, n (%) | 68 (17.4) | 104 (67.5) | <0.0001 | | hs-CRP | 0.18 | 0.30 | <0.0001 | | hs-CRP group | | | | | ≥ 75%tile, n (%) | 79 (20.2) | 74 (48.1) | <0.0001 |
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MetS: metabolic syndrome; BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; PFM: percent fat mass; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; TG: triglyceride; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; HOMA-IR indicates homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance; hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.
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