. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Diet Assoc. 2009 Feb;109(2):236–244. doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2008.10.054

Table 3.

Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its risk factors in the total sample (N=202) and according to ethnicity (n_EA= 68; n_AA=79; n_HA=55).

Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome
		n	%	% of those with MetSyn
≥3 Risk Factors for Metabolic Syndrome
	Total sample	19	8.4
	EA	6	5.9	31.5^a
	AA	2	2.5	10.5^a
	HA	11	20.0	57.9^b
WC >90^th percentile
	Total sample	28	13.9
	EA	6	8.8	21.4
	AA	9	11.4	32.1
	HA	13	23.6	46.4
SysBP >90^th percentile for height and age
	Total Sample	34	16.8
	EA	9	13.2	26.5^ab
	AA	20	25.3	58.8^a
	HA	5	9.1	14.7^b
TG >110
	Total Sample	19	9.4
	EA	6	8.8	31.6
	AA	5	6.3	26.3
	HA	8	14.5	42.1
HDL-C <40
	Total Sample	46	22.8
	EA	18	26.5	36.7^ab
	AA	11	13.9	22.4^a
	HA	20	36.4	40.2^b
Glucose >100
	Total Sample	64	31.7
	EA	19	27.9	29.7^a
	AA	17	21.5	26.5^a
	HA	28	50.9	43.8^b

^a,b

superscripts indicate differences between racial/ethnic groups, p<0.05.

EA= European American; AA= African American; HA= Hispanic American; WC = waist circumference; SysBP= systolic blood pressure; TG= triglyceride concentration; HDL-C= high density lipoprotein cholesterol.