Characteristics of MetS and healthy control subjectsa.

aData are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation or as a ratio.bPulse pressure is equal to systolic blood pressure minus diastolic blood pressure.cThe P-value was calculated by using the Mann-Whitney U test, excluding sex, hypertension drug treatment, and smoking status variables, which were subjected to the chi square test, and the DM drug treatment variable, which was subjected to the Fisher exact test.DM, diabetes mellitus; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; L5%, percent L5 in total LDL; [L5], concentration of L5; MetS, metabolic syndrome.Characteristics of MetS and healthy control subjectsa.