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. 2013 Jan 21;36(3):133–138. doi: 10.1002/clc.22092

Table 2.

Race/Ethnicity, Education, and Framingham Risk Score and Metabolic Syndrome

Framingham Risk, n = 278 Metabolic Syndrome, n = 322
Low, n (%) Moderate, n (%) High, n (%) <3 Components of Metabolic Syndrome, n (%) ≥3 Components of Metabolic Syndrome, n (%)
Race/ethnicity
 Non‐Hispanic white 102 (68) 41 (27) 7 (5) 141 (90) 15 (10)
 Hispanic 47 (55) 28 (33) 10 (12) 64 (56) 50 (44)
 Non‐Hispanic black 13 (46) 11 (39) 4 (14) 22 (73) 8 (27)
 Asian 9 (82) 1 (9) 1 (9) 15 (83) 3 (17)
 Other 4 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (100) 0 (0)
P value 0.09 <0.0001
Education years
 ≤8 12 (33) 16 (44) 8 (22) 19 (39) 30 (61)
 9–12 21 (51) 15 (37) 5 (12) 24 (11) 22 (45)
 ≥12 139 (70) 50 (25) 9 (5) 195 (89) 27 (55)
P value <0.0001 <0.0001