Table 2.
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome components according to Framingham risk score (FRS)
| N (%) | Low risk N (%) |
Intermediate risk N (%) |
High risk N (%) |
P* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients in group | 160 (100) | 124 (77.5) | 26 (16.3) | 10 (6.3) | – |
| High SBP (mmHg) | 125 (78.1) | 90 (72) | 25 (20) | 10(8) | 0.007 |
| High DBP (mmHg) | 140 (87.5) | 112 (80) | 22 (15.7) | 6 (4.3) | 0.04 |
| High WC (cm) | 118 (73.8) | 93 (78.8) | 19 (16.1) | 6 (5.1) | 0.018 |
| High FSG (mg/dl) | 16 (10) | 7 (43.8) | 6 (37.5) | 3 (18.8) | 0.002 |
| High Serum TG (mg/dl) | 107 (66.9) | 81 (75.7) | 17 (15.9) | 9 (8.4) | 0.276 |
| Low Serum HDL (mg/dl) | 114 (71.3) | 87 (76.3) | 19 (16.7) | 8 (7) | 0.582 |
SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; WC, waist circumference; FSG, fasting serum glucose; TG, triglyceride; HDL, high density lipoprotein concentrations. Italic digits provide significant values
*Chi-square test was used for comparisons