Table 2.

Metabolic syndrome and its components in study participants by education status*

Characteristic	Education level (No. of participants, %)
	low (n = 244)	P†	medium (n = 252)	P‡	high (n = 161)
Metabolic syndrome	152 (62.3)	0.017	139 (55.2)	0.087	74 (46.0)
Increased waist circumference§	142 (58.2)	0.357	104 (41.3)	0.269	78 (48.4)
Increased triglycerides║	118 (48.4)	0.057	129 (51.2)	0.012	60 (37.3)
Low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol¶	156 (63.9)	0.557	163 (64.7)	0.118	90 (55.9)
Increased fasting glucose**	57 (23.4)	0.780	64 (25.4)	0.882	40 (24.8)
Increased blood pressure††	222 (91.0)	0.313	220 (87.3)	0.702	140 (87.0)

*Results of univariate logistic regression analysis. Comparison of low to high education was adjusted to sex. Comparison of medium to high education was adjusted to age.

†Low education group compared with high education group.

‡Medium education group compared with high education group.

§>102 cm in men and >88 cm in women.

║≥150 mg/dL or 1.69 mmol/L.

¶<40 mg/dL or 1.03 mmol/L in men and <50 mg/dL or 1.29 mmol/L in women.

**≥110 mg/dL or 6.11 mmol/L.

††≥130/≥85 mm Hg or on antihypertensive drug treatment in a patient with a history of hypertension.