Table 1. Race/ethnicity comparison of MetS components and related factors for Males stratified by Metabolic Syndrome.

	Metabolic Syndrome				Without Metabolic Syndrome
	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic Black	p-value*	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic Black	p-value*
n	58	92	28		415	570	566
MetS prevalence	12.7	13.6	4.8	<0.01
Mets components
Waist Circumference
Mean (95% CI), cm	104.7 (99.8,109.6)	103.3 (100.1,106.4)	108.4 (101.6,115.2)	0.30	78.6 (77.5,79.8)	79.8 (78.1,81.5)	76.8 (75.6,78.0)	<0.01
Percent above 90% pctile	73.4	79.6	82.2	0.65	7.4	11.5	9.5	0.17
Triglycerides
Mean (95% CI), m/.dL	183.7 (161.0,206.4)	148.1 (130.8,165.5)	143.1 (115.6,170.6)	0.01**	85.5 (81.7,89.4)	84.0 (79.3,88.6)	66.7 (63.9,69.5)	<0.01**
Percent above 110	92.0	81.6	73.0	0.08	22.1	17.4	7.5	<0.01
HDL
Mean (95%CI),mg/dL	36.4 (34.4,38.4)	36.7 (35.1,38.3)	39.4 (35.9,42.9)	0.34	48.2 (47.1,49.2)	50.4 (48.9,51.8)	55.0 (53.7,56.3)	<0.01
Percent below 40	71.9	80.5	60.3	0.24	17.0	13.4	7.6	<0.01
SBP
Mean (95%CI),mmHg	124.2 (120.8,127.7)	118.6 (116.1,121.2)	128.3 (125.0,131.7)	<0.01	110.8 (109.7,112.0)	110.0 (108.0,112.1)	113.7 (112.8,114.6)	<0.01
Percent above 90% pctile	40.4	24.4	73.0	<0.01	4.2	2.8	9.5	<0.01
DBP
Mean (95%CI),mmHg	63.9 (60.9,66.9)	59.1 (54.3,63.9)	61.2 (56.8,65.5)	0.27	61.2 (60.0,62.3)	58.9 (57.9,60.0)	60.6 (59.4,61.8)	0.01
Percent above 90% pctile	9.6	6.3	6.1	0.66	1.2	1.3	2.9	0.06
Fasting Glucose
Mean(95%CI),mg/dL	100.8 (98.8,102.9)	101.0 (98.6,103.3)	101.5 (98.7,104.2)	0.94	94.3 (93.5,95.1)	95.1 (94.2,96.1)	92.5 (91.8,93.2)	<0.01
Percent above 100	57.9	71.6	58.9	0.22	16.9	21.4	12.2	<0.01

^*Chi-square test comparing percents, ANOVA comparing means (overall difference among the groups).

^**Comparison of In(Triglyceride).