LEP and metabolic syndrome: When examining MetS components separately (Table 4), we observed higher odds of abdominal obesity and hyperglycemia associated with leptin in both men (15.19 (7.04, 32.79)) and (15.14 (5.64, 40.62)), respectively) and women (2.08 (1.45, 2.98) and 1.97 (1.01, 3.82), respectively).