Table 2.
Prevalence (95% CI) of individual components of the metabolic syndrome based on the International Diabetes Federation guidelines in southern Chinese aged 20 years or above by sex and urban/rural residence in 2010
| Men (%) | Women (%) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central obesity | Urban | 21.3 (3.8, 38.9) | 38.2 (20.7, 55.7) | < 0.001 |
| Rural | 17.1 (2.0, 32.1) | 38.9 (0.0, 87.9) | < 0.001 | |
| p | 0.42 | 0.95 | ||
| Hypertension | Urban | 61.0 (52.6, 69.3) | 46.5 (44.4, 48.6) | < 0.001 |
| Rural | 57.9 (49.7, 66.1) | 45.2 (36.0, 54.4) | < 0.001 | |
| p | 0.27 | 0.55 | ||
| Hypertriglyceridaemia | Urban | 27.5 (19.9, 35.1) | 20.4 (13.5, 27.3) | < 0.001 |
| Rural | 22.4 (16.3, 28.4) | 13.8 (9.4, 18.1) | < 0.001 | |
| p | 0.023 | <0.001 | ||
| Low HDL-cholesterol | Urban | 64.0 (40.4, 87.7) | 69.0 (61.9, 76.1) | 0.17 |
| Rural | 62.5 (55.4, 69.5) | 79.2 (78.0, 80.4) | < 0.001 | |
| p | 0.79 | < 0.001 | ||
| Hyperglycaemia | Urban | 76.2 (57.0, 95.4) | 70.8 (58.4, 83.1) | 0.009 |
| Rural | 47.7 (4.7, 90.8) | 42.3 (2.8, 81.8) | < 0.001 | |
| p | 0.0077 | 0.0029 | ||
| MetSyn | Urban | 19.8 (3.2, 36.3) | 33.0 (16.6, 49.5) | < 0.001 |
| Rural | 14.1 (2.5, 25.7) | 29.3 (0.0, 63.7) | < 0.001 | |
| p | 0.22 | 0.68 | ||
| MetSyn for all residents by sex | 16.3 (6.8, 25.8) | 30.9 (9.7, 52.0) | < 0.001 |