. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2011 May 12;23(1):38–45. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2011.02.004

Table 2.

Single components of ATPIII MetS on the basis of diagnostic criteria

	No- MetS	DD	HD	p<

				MetS vs No-Mets	DD vs HD

High BP	27%	61%	34%	0.0001	0.0001
Central fat	42%	89%	88%	0.0001	ns
High glucose	1%	36%	10%	0.0001	0.001
High tryglycerides	9%	75%	34%	0.0001	0.0001
Low HDL-cholesterol	24%	81%	75%	0.0001	0.05

DD=diagnosis of MetS based on direct measurements of the components.

HD=diagnosis of MetS based on historical exposition, with one or more treated components of the MetS normal at the time of survey.