CD40LG and metabolic syndrome: Among the quilombolas evaluated, 68 (23.4%) men and 223 (76.6%) women were positive for IgM; 26.8% had arterial hypertension classified in one of the three stages, and the prevalent symptoms were headache (15.1%), rhinitis (6.9%), flu (4.8%), cough (4.8%), and comorbid dyslipidemia (4.5%) (Table 2).