Table 3.
Pattern of MetS and its components in gender among HIV infected patients using ART at Hawassa, southern Ethiopia
| Parameters | Males n = 68 (%) |
Females n = 117 (%) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| SBP ≥130 mmHg | 9 (13.2) | 13 (11.1) | 0.66 |
| DBP >85 mmHg | 7 (10.3) | 15 (12.8) | 0.63 |
| FBG (NCEP-ATP criteria) ≥110 mg/dl | 14 (20.6) | 13 (11.1) | 0.07 |
| FBG (IDF criteria) ≥100 mg/dl | 29 (42.6) | 29 (24.8) | 0.01 |
| Hypertensive (≥130/85 mmHg) | 7 (10.3) | 11 (9.4) | 0.84 |
| TG ≥150 mg/dl | 39 (57.3) | 44 (37.6) | 0.009 |
| Low HDL-c (<40 mg/dl in males and <50 in females) | 39 (57.3) | 91 (77.8) | 0.003 |
| WC (IDF criteria) ≥94 cm in males and ≥80 cm in females | 13 (19.1) | 82 (70.1) | <0.0001 |
| WC (NCEP criteria) ≥102 cm in males and ≥88 cm in females | 4 (5.9) | 38 (32.5) | <0.0001 |
| MetS (IDF criteria) | 6 (8.8) | 39 (33.3) | <0.0001 |
| MetS (NCEP-ATP criteria) | 12 (17.6) | 21 (17.9) | 0.95 |