Table 5.

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the different geographical regions

Region	Year of Publication	Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome (%)
Asia-Pacific	Present study	11.9–37.1
Africa [45]	2012	12.5–62.5
Central America [46]	2015	23.0–35.1
Europe [47]	2014	11.6–26.3
Middle East [48]	2012	13.6–36.3
South America [49]	2011	18.8–43.3
South Asia [50]	2016	26.1