Research Article

Study of the Correlations among Some Parameters of the Oxidative Status, Gelatinases, and Their Inhibitors in a Group of Subjects with Metabolic Syndrome

Table 1

Medians (interquartile ranges) of the anthropometric profile, blood pressure values, and metabolic pattern in the whole group of MS subjects and in the two subgroups of MS subjects, respectively, with and without diabetes mellitus.

All
MS patients
Diabetic
MS patients
Nondiabetic
MS patients

Waist circumference (cm)105 (14.5)113.0 (16)100.5 (8)
BMI (Kg/m2)31.95 (4.71)33.2 (4.4)31.4 (4.2)
SBP (mmHg)130 (20)140 (27.5)130 (15)
DBP (mmHg)80 (7.5)80 (10)80 (5)
Glycaemia (mg/dL)101.5 (40.5)130.5 (80)91 (13)
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)207 (74)186 (50)227.5 (60)
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)40 (15)41 (17)38 (11.5)
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)127.6 (53.6)109 (47.8)145 (55.5)
Triglyceridemia (mg/dL)180 (84)159 (65)191.5 (115)
Triglyceridemia/HDL cholesterol4.31 (3.31)3.74 (2.41)5.11 (2.66)

and   versus diabetic MS patients (Mann-Whitney test).