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Table 2 Baseline characteristics between the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and non-metabolic syndrome (Non-MetS) groups among both genders

From: The discriminative ability of the triglyceride-glucose index to identify metabolic syndrome among adults of the northern Sri Lankan population

 

Male

Female

Non-MetS

MetS

P-value

Non-MetS

MetS

P-value

Participant Number (%)

118(67.43%)

57(32.57%)

 

218(59.73%)

147(40.27%)

 

Age (Years)

40.53 ± 14.19

45.61 ± 12.71

0.000**

40.73 ± 12.83

48.35 ± 10.67

0.000**

BMI (kg/m2)

20.51 ± 3.42

25.33 ± 3.43

0.000**

22.56 ± 5.08

26.43 ± 4.81

0.000**

WC (cm)

87.67 ± 7.86

98.62 ± 6.81

0.000**

90.71 ± 10.20

97.14 ± 9.06

0.000**

SBP (mmHg)

118.60 ± 11.72

131.12 ± 11.82

0.000**

118.96 ± 12.82

131.73 ± 14.07

0.000**

DBP (mmHg)

75.70 ± 8.02

83.95 ± 7.83

0.000**

76.53 ± 7.52

83.93 ± 8.34

0.000**

FPG (mmol/L)

5.23 ± 1.11

5.61 ± 1.60

0.000**

4.69 ± 0.85

5.72 ± 1.49

0.000**

TG (mmol/L)

1.17 ± 0.46

1.98 ± 0.53

0.000**

1.05 ± 0.39

1.89 ± 0.63

0.000**

TC (mmol/L)

4.98 ± 0.9 6

5.40 ± 1.02

0.000**

5.16 ± 0.91

5.52 ± 0.93

0.000**

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.27 ± 0.25

1.05 ± 0.22

0.000**

1.36 ± 0.24

1.20 ± 0.26

0.000**

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.84 ± 0.73

3.31 ± 0.75

0.000**

3.03 ± 0.73

3.38 ± 0.71

0.000**

TyG index

8.41 ± 0.41

9.02 ± 0.32

0.000**

8.19 ± 0.39

8.97 ± 0.41

0.000**

  1. *Statistically significant difference between participants with metabolic syndrome and participants without metabolic syndrome