Table 1 Relative frequency of components of metabolic syndrome and clinical characteristics according to metabolic syndrome score
Parameters | MS scores | Total(n = 363) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0,1 (n = 95) | 2 (n = 90) | 3 (n = 104) | 4,5(n = 74) | ||
High BP* | 17 (18%) | 57 (63%) | 87 (84%) | 68 (92%) | 229 (63%) |
High FBG†| 4 (4%) | 19 (21%) | 44 (42%) | 50 (67%) | 117 (32%) |
Low HDL-C‡ | 17 (18%) | 38 (42%) | 70 (67%) | 68 (92%) | 193 (53%) |
High TG§ | 1 (1%) | 13 (14%) | 43 (41%) | 60 (81%) | 117 (32%) |
Abdominal obesityâ•‘ | 23 (24%) | 53 (59%) | 68 (65%) | 68 (92%) | 212 (58%) |
Age (years) | 61 ± 11 | 63 ± 11 | 63 ± 11 | 61 ± 10 | 62 ± 11 |
Male | 53 (56%) | 47 (52%) | 57 (55%) | 39 (53%) | 196 (54%) |
Smoking | 14 (15%) | 14 (16%) | 14 (14%) | 8 (11%) | 50 (14%) |