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 cholesterol
4.31 (3.31)
3.74 (2.41)
5.11 (2.66)
and versus diabetic MS patients (Mann-Whitney test).