Table 3.
The frequency of individual components of the metabolic syndrome in obese (BMI ≥ 30) individuals
| |
Estonia |
Finland |
Germany |
Italy |
The Netherlands |
Norway |
UK |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EGCUT | DILGOM | Health2000 | KORA | CHRIS | MICROS | LifeLines | PREVEND | HUNT2 | NCDS | |
| Total N |
2,053 |
946 |
1,342 |
786 |
130 |
157 |
9,934 |
1,137 |
9,922 |
1,669 |
| Metabolic component |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Strict criterium for high BP (%) |
1,637 (79.7) |
801 (84.7) |
1,104 (82.3) |
573 (72.9) |
83 (63.9) |
123 (78.3) |
6,407 (64.5) |
825 (72.6) |
7,991 (80.5) |
998 (59.8) |
| Strict criterium for blood glucose (%) |
482 (23.4) |
493 (52.1) |
329 (24.5) |
251 (31.9) |
27 (20.8) |
25 (15.9) |
1,524 (15.3) |
161 (14.2) |
1,377 (13.9) |
114 (6.8) |
| Criterium for HDL cholesterol (%) |
273 (13.3) |
346 (36.6) |
750 (55.9) |
281 (35.8) |
17 (13.1) |
14 (8.9) |
3,913 (39.4) |
646 (56.8) |
4,547 (45.8) |
387 (23.2) |
| Criterium for triglycerides (%) |
815 (39.7) |
407 (43.0) |
710 (52.9) |
317 (40.3) |
44 (33.9) |
68 (43.3) |
3,028 (30.5) |
496 (43.6) |
4,693 (47.3) |
912 (54.6) |
| Less strict criterium for high BP (%) |
1,386 (67.5) |
670 (70.8) |
916 (68.3) |
498 (63.4) |
64 (49.2) |
98 (62.4) |
4,492 (45.2) |
660 (58.2) |
6,447 (65.0) |
609 (36.5) |
| Less strict criterium for blood glucose (%) | 463 (22.5) | 176 (18.6) | 148 (11.0) | 135 (17.2) | 12 (9.2) | 12 (7.6) | 825 (8.3) | 87 (7.7) | 920 (9.3) | 92 (5.5) |