Table 2. Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components according to age groups of study subjects.
| Age groups (years) | All age groups | |||||||||||
| Components of MetS | 20–24N (%) | 25–29N (%) | 30–34N (%) | 35–39N (%) | 40–44N (%) | 45–49N (%) | 50–54N (%) | 55–59N (%) | 60–64N (%) | 65–69N (%) | Crude prevalence (%) | Age standardized prevalence (%) |
| Mets | 92 (13.5) | 440 (17.9) | 546 (24.1) | 626 (32.6) | 554 (34.5) | 598 (42.6) | 466 (45.7) | 253 (46.9) | 90 (49.2) | 32 (51.6) | 30.5 | 32.4 |
| High Blood pressure | 186 (27.4) | 666 (27.1) | 720 (31.8) | 704 (36.6) | 668 (41.5) | 711 (50.6) | 610 (59.9) | 383 (71.1) | 137 (74.9) | 49 (79.0) | 39.8 | 44.6 |
| High triglycerides | 200 (29.5) | 929 (37.8) | 1038 (45.9) | 984 (51.2) | 849 (52.8) | 775 (55.2) | 540 (53.0) | 254 (47.1) | 87 (47.5) | 25 (40.3) | 46.8 | 45.5 |
| Low HDL- C | 237 (34.9) | 880 (35.8) | 796 (35.2) | 698 (36.3) | 515 (32.0) | 442 (31.5) | 315 (30.9) | 161 (29.9) | 45 (24.6) | 15 (24.2) | 33.8 | 32.7 |
| HighFBG | 30 (4.4) | 138 (5.6) | 204 (9.0) | 279 (14.5) | 291 (18.1) | 391 (27.8) | 273 (26.8) | 165 (30.6) | 64 (35.0) | 21 (33.9) | 15.3 | 17.5 |
| Increased Waist circumference | 162 (23.9) | 821 (33.4) | 1038 (45.9) | 1033 (53.7) | 950 (59.1) | 886 (63.1) | 686 (67.3) | 376 (69.8) | 125 (68.3) | 47 (75.8) | 50.5 | 51.9 |