Table 2. Characteristics of the HAPIEE study on the middle and older age Lithuanian population of Kaunas city screened in 2006-2008.

Characteristics	Men N = 3051 (%)	Women N=3701 (%)	Chi square (χ2) value (p value)
Age groups,			χ2=4.14 (p>0.05)
45-54 years	23.6	25.6
55-64 years	40.1	39.8
≥65 years	36.3	34.6
Ischemic heart disease,
45-54 years	7.8	11.6	χ2=6.71 (p=0.01)
55-64 years	17.9	19.4	χ2=0.99 (p>0.05)
>64 years	25.8	27.0	χ2=0.45 (p>0.05)
All	15.1	17.3	χ2=5.84 (p=0.016)
Metabolic syndrome defined by:
NCEP-ATPIII	27.2	33.9	χ2=35.2 (p<0.001)
AHA/NHLBI	33.4	41.5	χ2=46.7 (p<0.001)
IDF	39.4	47.2	χ2=41.4 (p<0.001)
JIS	44.1	48.7	χ2=14.3 (p<0.001)
Elevated fasting glucose or T2DM levels,
≥ 5.6 mmol/L	53.8	56.2	χ2=3.94 (p=0.047)
≥ 6.1 mmol/L	31.9	31.0	χ2=0.63 (p>0.05)
Elevated waist circumference levels,
≥ 94 cm (men) or ≥ 80 cm (women)	53.9	71.0	χ2=211.0 (p<0.001)
≥ 102 cm (men) or ≥ 88 cm (women)	27.7	49.2	χ2=323.7 (p<0.001)
Elevated blood pressure (systolic ≥130 and/or diastolic ≥85 mm Hg) or receiving treatment,	83.3	69.9	χ2=164.0 (p<0.001)
Elevated triglycerides level (≥1.7 mmol/L) or receiving treatment,	29.0	25.1	χ2=12.98 (p<0.001)
Reduced HDL cholesterol level (<1.0 mmol/L (men) or <1.30 mmol/L (women)) or receiving treatment,	12.1	23.4	χ2=143.0 (p<0.001)
Level of education,			χ2=87.9 (p<0.001)
Secondary and lowerb	46.6	37.2
College	19.3	28.8
University	34.1	34.0
Smoking,	34.9	13.1	χ2=449.5v (p<0.001)

AHA/NHLBI American Heart Association and National Heart Lung and Blood Institute,

HAPIEE Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors In Eastern Europe,

HDL high-density lipoprotein,

IDF International Diabetes Federation, JIS Joint Interim Societies,

NCEP-ATPIII National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III,

T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Data were standardized using European standard population (Ahmad et al. 2001)

^bSecondary and lower - secondary, vocational, primary, incomplete secondary levels of education