Table 3.
Prevalence of Each Metabolic Syndrome Component in Men*
| Age, y |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-34 |
35-64 |
≥65 |
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| Black (n = 551) |
Mexican American (n = 759) |
White (n = 535) |
Black (n = 687) |
Mexican American (n = 784) |
White (n = 1107) |
Black (n = 256) |
Mexican American (n = 268) |
White (n = 984) |
|
| US population, in millions, No. |
2.6 | 2.1 | 18.2 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 27.0 | 6.6 | 2.1 | 9.0 |
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| Overall Abnormality, % | |||||||||
| Large waist | 15.8 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 23.5† | 35.4‡ | 36.0 | 34.0 | 41.5 | 46.2 |
| High TG level | 15.4 | 29.8‡ | 25.1 | 25.3† | 50.2‡ | 45.7 | 24.7† | 44.5‡ | 41.5 |
| Low HDL cholesterol level | 22.2 | 29.1 | 30.9 | 22.3† | 39.6‡ | 39.9 | 17.1† | 36.0‡ | 36.7 |
| High BP | 23.2 | 17.4 | 17.1 | 50.1† | 39.2‡ | 40.5 | 75.7 | 80.7 | 70.8§ |
| High glucose level | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 11.2 | 18.2‡ | 11.7§ | 27.8 | 37.6 | 25.5 |
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| Isolated Abnormality, % | |||||||||
| Large waist | 3.8 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 3.8 |
| High TG level | 3.4 | 8.3 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Low HDL cholesterol level | 7.9 | 9.5 | 11.9 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.2 |
| High BP | 9.8 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 19.7 | 6.0 | 8.9 | 29.2 | 12.0 | 17.0 |
| High glucose level | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 0.5 |
Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; TG, serum triglyceride.
*
Statistically significant differences among black, Mexican American, and white groups were tested using the adjusted Wald test; P was corrected by Bonferroni adjustment in multiple comparisons (p/q,q=15, P<.003).
†
Statistically significant difference between the black and white groups.
‡
Statistically significant difference between the Mexican American and black groups.
§
Statistically significant difference between the Mexican American and white groups.