INS and metabolic syndrome: Women had substantially higher abdominal SCAT than men (median 164.0 vs. 59.9 cm2, Fig. 1) and also higher VAT (mean 16.6 vs. 12.5 cm2), and BMI (mean 23.6 vs. 21.1 kg/m2), fasting insulin levels (median 11.6 vs. 6.5 μU/mL) and HOMA-IR (median 2.5 vs 1.4), but lower systolic BP than men (114.6 vs 125.0 mmHg) and no difference in MetS.