Proportion of patients with hypertension, elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP), abnormal HbA1c, hyperinsulinemia, elevated ALT levels, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriacylglycerolaemia, elevated LDL-cholesterol, low HDL-cholesterol and dyslipidemia was higher in the EcIMT group compared with NcIMT group though not statistically significant. This evidence concerns the gene GPT and metabolic syndrome.