Table 2.

Distribution of the study population by medical history variables in relation to the presence of MetS or its absence.

Medical history		Metabolic syndrome				Total		P
		Presence		Absence
		No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Diabetic duration	Less than five	72	22.8	244	77.2	316	100
	Five to ten	274	63.1	160	36.9	434	100	.001
	More than ten	402	89.3	48	10.7	450	100
BMI category	Under weight	0	0.0	7	100.0	7	100
	Healthy weight	36	13.8	225	86.2	261	100
	Over weight	186	50.8	180	49.2	366	100	.001
	Obesity	526	92.9	40	7.1	566	100
Family history of diabetes	Yes	640	62.7	380	37.3	1020	100
	No	108	60.0	72	40.0	180	100	.483
Received DM care	Yes	278	48.4	296	51.6	574	100
instructions	No	470	75.1	156	24.9	626	100	.001
Use DM medications	Yes	748	62.3	452	37.7	1200	100	-
Type of diabetes	Diabetes pills	243	49.5	248	50.5	491	100
medications used	Insulin injections	431	68.6	197	31.4	628	100	.001
	Pills & injections	74	91.4	7	8.6	81	100
Smoking	Yes	89	54.9	73	45.1	162	100
	No	659	63.5	379	36.5	1038	100	.001
Consume alcohol	No	748	62.3	452	37.7	1200	100	-
Females menopausal status	Premenopausal	40	18.6	175	81.4	215	100
	Postmenopausal	450	89.5	53	10.5	503	100	.001
	Male	258	53.5	224	46.5	482	100

Descriptive statistics, Crosstabs, the chi-square test was used to examine difference in the prevalence of different categorical variable. P value less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.