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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Intern Med. 2003 Feb 24;163(4):427–436. doi: 10.1001/archinte.163.4.427

Table 4.

Prevalence of Each Metabolic Syndrome Component in Women*

Age, y
20-34
35-64
≥65
Black
(n = 777)
Mexican American
(n = 745)
White
(n = 672)
Black
(n = 1036)
Mexican American
(n = 856)
White
(n = 1393)
Black
(n = 293)
Mexican American
(n = 285)
White
(n = 1169)
US population,
 in millions, No.
3.4 1.6 17.8 4.3 1.7 31.6 1.1 0.3 13.2

Overall Abnormality, %
Large waist 40.7 39.2 23.6 68.6 71.3 49.7 75.0 69.6 61.5
High TG level 6.2 22.3§ 10.7 15.3 38.6§ 27.8 32.0 46.3§ 41.9
Low HDL cholesterol level 31.2 45.6§ 39.2 40.6 49.5 37.9 29.0 36.7 35.1
High BP 8.8 4.4 3.9 40.5 29.8§ 25.3 72.4 78.8 70.3
High glucose level 2.7 2.2 0.6 14.1 16.8 7.3 26.3 25.3 16.7

Isolated Abnormality, %
Large waist 18.6 11.3 6.1 17.0 12.2 10.7 8.2 7.0 7.5
High TG level 1.1 2.8 1.3 0.4 2.5 2.0 0.4 0.9 1.4
Low HDL cholesterol level 9.3 17.1 19.8 5.4 6.0 8.5 0.3 0.9 1.0
High BP 1.9 0.9 1.0 5.8 2.4 3.8 8.8 15.0 14.2
High glucose level 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.4

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 white groups.

§

Statistically significant difference between the Mexican American and black groups.