APOB and metabolic syndrome: Coinciding with our findings, in a study thatanalyzed a population of Barcelona, the prevalence of atherogenic dyslipidemia washigher in men compared to women (using the HDL-C cutoff recommended by the Europeanguidelines).19 Also, astudy conducted in primary health care users of Portugal showed a higher prevalenceof hypertriglyceridemia and low HDL-C levels in males.20 In another study, Williams et al.21 demonstrated that non-diabetic menshowed higher levels of apolipoprotein B, non-HDL-C and small LDL particles thanwomen without diabetes.