Table 3.

Older Mexican American Prevalence estimates of Metabolic Syndrome using American Heart Association criteria.

	Overall		US-born		Foreign-born
	%	SE	%	se	%	se
High density lipids	33.0	1.2	32.1	1.6	34.0	1.7
Triglycerides	53.6	1.2	55.4	1.7	51.7	1.8
Systolic blood pressure	65.0	1.2	63.9	1.7	66.1	1.7
Diastolic blood pressure	19.9	1.0	20.8	1.4	19.0	1.4
Waist circumference	51.3	1.2	51.5	1.8	51.0	1.7
Fasting plasma glucose	34.2	1.2	37.5	1.7	31.0	1.6
Metabolic Syndrome	45.6	1.2	46.3	1.8	45.0	1.8