Table 1.
Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components by Age and Sex in the Diabetes Prevention Program*
| Variable | All Participants (n= 3234) | Age |
Sex |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <45 y (n= 1000) | 45–59 y (n= 1586) | ≥60 y (n = 648) | Men (n = 1043) | Women (n = 2191) | ||
| Metabolic syndrome, n (%) | 1711 (53) | 521 (52) | 868 (55) | 322 (50) | 550 (53) | 1161 (53) |
| Waist circumference, n (%)†‡ | 2532 (78) | 818 (82) | 1240 (78) | 474 (73) | 656 (63) | 1876 (86) |
| Low level of HDL cholesterol, n (%)†‡ | 1838 (57) | 698 (70) | 883 (56) | 257 (40) | 529 (51) | 1309 (60) |
| High triglyceride levels or receiving treatment for high triglyceride levels, n (%)‡ | 1472 (46) | 423 (42) | 764 (48) | 285 (44) | 522 (50) | 950 (43) |
| High fasting plasma glucose level, n (%)†‡ | 1060 (33) | 307 (31) | 526 (33) | 227 (35) | 435 (42) | 625 (28) |
| High blood pressure or receiving treatment for high blood pressure, n (%)† | 1460 (45) | 310 (31) | 740 (47) | 410 (63) | 569 (55) | 891 (41) |
*
The metabolic syndrome is defined by using the National Cholesterol Education Program’s Adult Treatment Panel III criteria. HDL = high-density lipoprotein.
†
P < 0.05 for comparisons across all age groups.
‡
P < 0.05 across all sex groups.