Table III.

Percent of Patients Meeting Criteria for Metabolic Syndrome and its Individual Components Among Those with Available Data on These Components During Period 1 (1996-2001) and Period 2 (2002-2006).^*

	Period 1	Period 2	P value
Increased waist circumference	51	58	0.038
Low HDL-C	66	66	NS
Hypertriglyceridemia	48	36	<0.001
Hyperglycemia	37	38	NS
Elevated blood pressure	81	81	NS
Overall metabolic syndrome	60	59	NS

HDL-C = high density lipoprotein cholesterol

^*Number of patients with available data for each of these components listed in Table I.