Table 2. Crude and age-standardized prevalence estimates^*1 for the metabolic syndrome and its individual criteria according to gender and region.

	East Germany (n = 6608)				West Germany (n = 29 261)
	Men		Women		Men		Women
	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI
Metabolic syndrome, crude	27.0	25.3–28.8	23.3	22.0–24.7	24.7	23.8–25.5	18.4	17.8–19.0
age-standardized	22.7	20.9–24.4	21.1	19.9–22.4	21.4	20.6–22.1	17.7	17.2–18.3
Single criteria
Waist circumference, crude	36.0	34.2–37.9	45.8	44.3–47.3	36.5	35.6–37.4	40.5	39.8–41.2
age-standardized	31.0	29.2–32.9	41.4	39.9–42.9	32.3	31.5–33.2	38.6	37.9–39.3
Hypertriglyceridemia, crude	26.2	24.3–28.1	14.5	13.3–15.7	23.4	22.6–24.3	12.5	12.0–13.0
age-standardized	23.6	21.6–25.5	13.3	12.2–14.4	21.7	20.8–22.6	12.1	11.6–12.6
Raised HDL-cholesterol, crude	10.0	8.9–11.2	14.2	13.1–15.3	12.8	12.1–13.4	13.8	13.3–14.3
age-standardized	10.0	8.7–11.3	14.6	13.4–15.8	13.0	12.3–13.6	13.8	13.3–14.3
Hypertension, crude	69.7	67.9–71.5	56.7	55.2–58.3	65.9	65.0–66.8	52.1	51.3–52.8
age-standardized	64.8	62.7–66.9	62.2	61.3–63.2	52.0	50.6–53.4	49.5	48.9–50.2
Hyperglycemia, crude	34.4	32.6–36.5	22.0	20.6–23.2	28.4	27.6–29.3	16.6	16.0–17.2
age-standardized	28.3	26.6–30.1	19.6	18.5–20.8	24.0	23.2–24.7	15.5	15.3–16.2

Limits for waist circumference: men >102 cm, women >88 cm;

limits for triglycerides:>=150 mg/dL;

limits for HDL-cholesterol: men <40 mg/dL, women <50 mg/dL;

limits for blood pressure:>=130/>=85 mm Hg;

limits for hyperglycemia: fasting glucose >=100 mg/dL and/or random blood glucose >=200 mg/dL and or diabetes mellitus.

^*1 Standardized for the German population on 31 December 2004 (13);

(missing values: waist circumference, n = 233, triglycerides, n = 5466, HDL-cholesterol, n = 541, blood pressure, n = 134, blood sugar, n = 2667, metabolic syndrome, n = 2786).