INS and metabolic syndrome: Multivariate analysis showed that BMI (ORs: 1.527, 95% CI: 1.319-1.768, p < 0.01), insulin (OR: 1.128, 95% CI: 1.045-1.218, p < 0.01) and physical activity (ORs: 0.997, 95% IC: 0.994-0.999, p < 0.05), rather than the level of hsCRP (ORs: 1.022, 95% CI: 0.965-1.082, p > 0.05) were independent predictors of MetS (Table 3).