Table 3.
Number and Percent of Women in Each of the Metabolic Syndrome Categories in Overall Population and by Race and Age Subgroupsa
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Classifications agree |
Classifications disagree |
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| MS by both n (%) | No MS n (%) | MS by IDF only n (%) | MS by ATP III only n (%) | Chi-squareb | |
| All women (n = 372) | 253 (68) | 90 (24) | 22 (6) | 7 (2) | |
| Race | |||||
| White (n = 260) | 178 (69) | 60 (23) | 16 (6) | 6 (2) | Chi-square = 1.388 |
| Non-white (n = 112) | 75 (67) | 30 (27) | 6 (5) | 1 (1) | p = 0.969 |
| Age, years | |||||
| <65 (n = 178) | 124 (70) | 41 (23) | 12 (7) | 1 (1) | Chi-square = 3.882 |
| ≥65 (n = 194) | 129 (67) | 49 (25) | 10 (5) | 6 (3) | p = 0.369 |
a
ATP III, Adult Treatment Panel III; IDF, International Diabetes Federation; MS, metabolic syndrome.
b
Chi-square tests performed to assess for variation in the distribution of women among the four metabolic syndrome categories for race and age subgroups.