ALB and metabolic syndrome: Table 1 shows the distribution of age and 18 biomarkers between men and women with MetS. All variables were significantly different between genders. Of these biomarkers, age, weight, WC, SBP, DBP, FBG, FMN, ALT, AST, TBIL, IBIL, ALB, UA, CREA and BUN were higher in men than in women, while BAI, HDL-C, APOA and α-HBDH were higher in women than in men. S1 Table showed the baseline population distribution of age and the eighteen biomarkers between male and female groups, indicating that all variables except FMN, α-HBDH and MS were significantly different between men and women.