Table 5A.

Mean (SD) of medial and lateral minimum joint space width (MJSW) classified by the number of components of metabolic syndrome (MS). MS components consisted of obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and impaired glucose tolerance.

No. MS Components	Medial MJSW, mm			Lateral MJSW, mm
No. MS Components	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
0	2.98 (0.81)	3.33 (0.66)	2.85 (0.82)	4.00 (1.18)	4.37 (1.13)	3.86 (1.17)
1	2.69 (1.01)^a	3.05 (0.97)	2.49 (0.98)^a	3.96 (1.13)	4.43 (1.05)	3.70 (1.08)
2	2.43 (1.19)^a ^b	2.87 (1.10)^a	2.15 (1.17)^a ^b	3.85 (1.19)	4.15 (1.10)	3.66 (1.22)
≥ 3	2.42 (1.22)^a ^b	2.73 (1.24)^a	2.22 (1.17)^a	4.06 (1.27)	4.26 (1.29)	3.93 (1.24)

↵a Significantly different from values obtained in the absence of components (p < 0.05).
↵b Significantly different from values obtained with 1 component (p < 0.05).