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Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2012 Jul 4;22(9):609–616. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.05.006

Table 6.

Prevalence, relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of Metabolic Syndrome in young adults overall and by age group


All Age 20–29.9 y Age 30–39.9 y

n % RR 95% CI n % RR 95% CI n % RR 95% CI
All ages 76,468 4.20 -- -- 18,399 2.02 -- -- 58,069 6.38 -- --
Sex
 Male 38,805 4.76 1.14 (1.12–1.15) 8,697 2.23 1.08 (1.05–1.12) 30,108 7.09 1.15 (1.14–1.17)
 Female 37,663 3.75 1.00 Ref. 9,702 1.87 1.00 Ref. 27,961 5.76 1.00 Ref.
Age group, y
 20.0–24.9 6,881 1.47 1.00 Ref.
 25.0–29.9 11,518 2.61 1.41 (1.37–1.45)
 30.0–34.9 21,573 4.93 2.29 (2.23–2.35)
 35.0–39.9 36,496 7.72 3.32 (3.24–3.40)
Race/Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White 20,131 4.25 1.00 Ref. 4,831 1.99 1.00 Ref. 15,300 6.60 1.00 Ref.
 Black 5,841 5.45 0.81 (0.79–0.83) 1,279 2.42 0.73 (0.69–0.77) 4,562 8.41 0.83 (0.81–0.86)
 Hispanic 33,416 5.26 0.96 (0.94–0.97) 8,299 2.70 0.91 (0.88–0.94) 25,117 7.65 0.97 (0.95–0.98)
 Asian/Pacific Islander 5,900 3.37 1.43 (1.39–1.46) 1,261 1.60 1.27 (1.19–1.34) 4,639 4.82 1.46 (1.42–1.50)
 Others 1,577 5.22 1.18 (1.121.23) 408 2.70 1.21 (1.10–1.34) 1,169 7.75 1.16 (1.10–1.23)
 Unknown 9,603 2.42 0.59 (0.57–0.60) 2,321 1.09 0.53 (0.51–0.56) 7,282 3.95 0.60 (0.59–0.62)
BMI, kg/m2
 <18.5 49 0.15 0.65 (0.49–0.86) 30 0.13 1.34 (0.92–1.94) 19 0.20 0.40 (0.25–0.63)
 18.5–24.9 1,708 0.26 1.00 Ref. 384 0.10 1.00 Ref. 1,324 0.48 1.00 Ref.
 25.0–29.9 6,480 1.13 3.90 (3.70–4.12) 1,086 0.41 4.13 (3.67–4.64) 5,394 1.73 3.58 (3.37–3.80)
 30.0–34.9 30,010 9.74 32.93 (31.36–34.58) 6,742 5.23 51.94 (46.86–57.57) 23,268 12.99 27.16 (25.69–28.70)
 35.0–39.9 19,614 14.16 48.86 (46.51–51.33) 4,980 8.46 84.70 (76.34–93.96) 14,634 18.37 39.24 (37.10–41.50)
 40.0–49.9 14,840 18.12 63.45 (60.37–66.68) 4,060 11.64 117.59 (105.93–130.53) 10,780 22.94 49.98 (47.24–52.89)
 50.0–59.9 3,058 23.66 81.05 (76.62–85.73) 881 16.94 170.33 (151.55–191.44) 2,177 28.17 61.90 (58.05–66.02)
 ≥60 709 28.10 92.79 (86.05–100.06) 236 23.55 237.86 (204.92–276.08) 473 31.10 67.10 (61.29–73.45)