Table 3.
Prevalence (%) of MetS and its components in different age groups.
| Parameters | Age groups | P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | Overall | ≤ 19 | 20–21 | 22–23 | > 23 | ||
| Students | MetS | 27.7 | 4.9 | 18.2 | 39.2 | 45.2 | 0.000 |
| Raised WC | 25.5 | 16.7 | 27.6 | 16.3 | 32.8 | 0.242 | |
| Elevated SBP | 22.9 | 12.5 | 19.5 | 29.2 | 29.0 | 0.148 | |
| Elevated DBP | 19.4 | 7.5 | 16.9 | 31.3 | 21.0 | 0.039 | |
| Elevated FBG | 8.2 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 11.8 | 9.7 | 0.189 | |
| Elevated TG | 39.0 | 9.4 | 21.7 | 45.1 | 66.1 | 0.000 | |
| Low HDL-C | 78.0 | 59.4 | 65.0 | 88.2 | 91.9 | 0.000 | |
| Parameters | Age groups | P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | Overall | ≤ 30 | 31–40 | 41–50 | > 50 | ||
| Staff | MetS | 47.7 | 37.5 | 43.4 | 54.6 | 55.8 | 0.105 |
| Raised WC | 47.9 | 47.1 | 45.3 | 43.8 | 59.1 | 0.772 | |
| Elevated SBP | 30.3 | 14.8 | 23.6 | 433 | 37.2 | 0.001 | |
| Elevated DBP | 46.7 | 16.7 | 41.5 | 69.1 | 46.5 | 0.000 | |
| Elevated FBG | 32.5 | 12.5 | 31.1 | 37.1 | 51.2 | 0.000 | |
| Elevated TG | 49.7 | 50.9 | 51.4 | 45.2 | 54.1 | 0.752 | |
| Low HDL-C | 81.4 | 78.2 | 79.0 | 82.8 | 89.5 | 0.472 | |
P-values are obtained Chi-square test.