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Prevalence of individual components of metabolic syndrome
| Component of metabolic syndrome | n (%) |
| Obesity | 34 (69.4) |
| Hypertriglyceridemia | 20 (40.8) |
| Low HDL cholesterol | 16 (36.4) |
| High HOMA-IR | 36 (80) |
| Hypertension | 6 (11.8) |
| Diabetes | 5 (9.8) |
| Metabolic syndrome | 9 (20.9) |
HDL: high density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR: Homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance.
