Figure 1

Contribution of individual components of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) phenotype to the MetS cumulative score in 585 male patients with T2DM, divided into quintiles ( n = 117; QI to QV) based on log (TG)/HDL-C ranking distribution. HBP: high blood pressure; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG: triglycerides.