TUBB and metabolic syndrome: We found no differences in either proportion of subjects > 65 years old or severity of smoking between subgroups, but severity of alcohol consumption, BMI > 24 kg/m2, and FBS ≥ 7.0 mM were significantly higher in the dyslipidemia group than in the normal group, and these factors interacted with the TUBB and WWOX SNPs to affect the prevalence of dyslipidemia.