Table 2 Comparison of study subjects’ characteristics between quartiles of CpG _94-102 %Meth levels measured in VAT

MetS phenotypes

MetS− (n = 72)

16 (0.22)

20 (0.28)

19 (0.26)

17 (0.24)

−

−

MetS+ (n = 32)

10 (0.31)

6 (0.19)

7 (0.22)

9 (0.28)

0.62

0.53

Waist circumference (cm)

135.6 ± 4.2

135.8 ± 4.2

133.3 ± 4.5

138.1 ± 3.7

0.87

0.78

Fasting glucose (mmol/L)

5.36 ± 0.13

5.08 ± 0.11

5.26 ± 0.17

5.44 ± 0.20

0.48

0.57

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.73 ± 0.15

1.24 ± 0.10

1.61 ± 0.30

1.91 ± 0.29

0.07

0.08

HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.37 ± 0.06

1.41 ± 0.06

1.37 ± 0.07

1.26 ± 0.06

0.42

0.62

SBP (mm Hg)

135.7 ± 3.0

138.0 ± 3.7

131.7 ± 3.34

131.1 ± 3.5

0.42

0.23

DBP (mm Hg)

83.0 ± 1.6

81.0 ± 2.3

81.9 ± 1.9

81.5 ± 2.3

0.78

0.56

Other phenotypes

LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

3.10 ± 0.13

2.68 ± 0.14

2.75 ± 0.17

3.00 ± 0.19

0.19

0.26

Total-cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.26 ± 0.13

4.65 ± 0.14

4.72 ± 0.18

5.10 ± 0.19

0.03

0.04

DPP4 mRNA in VAT (ratio)

3.92 ± 0.98

5.37 ± 1.24

2.99 ± 0.92

3.29 ± 0.81

0.13

0.13