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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2010 Mar 20;21(8):553–560. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2009.12.009

Table 3.

Prevalence of metabolic abnormalities by categories of BMI and WC for men (n=204)

Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4
BMI (kg/m2) WC (cm) BMI (kg/m2) WC (cm) BMI (kg/m2) WC (cm) BMI (kg/m2) WC (cm)
(<25) (<102) (25–29.9) (102–111.9) (30–34.9) (112–121.9) (≥35) (≥122) P-valuesa
Variable (n=20) (n=84) (n=78) (n=69) (n=81) (n=39) (n=25) (n=12) BMI WC
FPG ≥ 5.55 mmol/L 25% 31% 42% 45% 40% 46% 32% 25% 0.48 0.16
SSPG ≥ 10.0 mmol/L 5% 20% 27% 52% 49% 44% 72% 83% <0.001 <0.001
WC ≥ 102 cm 0% 0% 36% 100% 84% 100% 96% 100% <0.001 ---
BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 0% 76% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% --- <0.001
SBP ≥ 130 mmHg 10% 35% 42% 41% 40% 46% 64% 67% <0.001 0.16
DBP ≥ 85 mmHg 15% 23% 26% 25% 20% 18% 24% 17% 0.69 0.83
TG ≥ 1.70 mmol/L 10% 33% 46% 58% 44% 33% 60% 67% 0.01 <0.001
HDL-C < 1.04 mmol/L 20% 51% 59% 54% 53% 49% 64% 83% 0.01 0.19
TC ≥ 5.18 mmol/L 20% 33% 37% 45% 46% 41% 40% 42% 0.20 0.52
LDL-C ≥ 414 mmol/L 0% 14% 13% 13% 17% 10% 8% 8% 0.18 0.89
ATPIII criteria MS 0% 19% 42% 68% 57% 64% 76% 83% <0.001 <0.001
a

P-values reported are chi-squared tests for trends of each variable across categories of BMI and WC.