Table 4.
Frequency of metabolic syndrome components
| Number of metabolic syndrome components | Frequency of components
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No DM* | DM, no DR | NPDR | PDR | |
| 0 | 8/94 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 18/94 | 3/100 | 3/100 | 1/100 |
| 2 | 22/94 | 6/100 | 9/100 | 4/100 |
| 3 | 19/94 | 18/100 | 15/100 | 26/100 |
| 4 | 21/94 | 42/100 | 42/100 | 39/100 |
| 5 | 6/94 | 31/100 | 31/100 | 30/100 |
| Metabolic syndrome | 27/100† | 73/100 | 72/100 | 63/100 |
Notes:
*
Fasting glucose was not available for six patients in the no-DM group;
†
P<0.001.
Abbreviations: DM, diabetes mellitus; DR, diabetic retinopathy; NPDR, nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy; PDR, proliferative diabetic retinopathy.