Relationship of Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Oral Cancer

Table 2

Levels of metabolic parameters based on areca nut use.

	Current chewers; ()	Former chewers; ()	Never chewers; ()	values
FG (mM)	6.6 ± 1.7 (5.9)^1,a	7.3 ± 3.6 (6.0)^a	5.6 ± 0.9 (5.4)^b	0.04
TC (mM)	4.8 ± 0.9 (4.6)	4.7 ± 1.0 (4.7)	4.7 ± 0.9 (4.8)	0.89
TG (mM)	2.2 ± 1.3 (1.9)	2.4 ± 2.1 (1.7)	1.7 ± 1.0 (1.4)	0.37
LDL-C (mM)	3.0 ± 0.7 (2.8)	1.2 ± 0.9 (2.7)	2.9 ± 0.9 (2.8)	0.51
HDL-C (mM)	1.0 ± 0.2 (1.0)^a	1.1 ± 0.3 (1.0)^a,b	1.3 ± 0.3 (1.2)^b	0.03
TC/HDL-C	5.2 ± 1.7 (5.0)	4.6 ± 1.5 (4.3)	4.3 ± 1.4 (3.9)	0.17

¹Mean ± SD (median). FG, fasting glucose; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride. ^a,bValues with different superscripts were significantly different among the three groups.