Table 5.
Rates of individual metabolic syndrome components.
| MetS Component | Number (%) with MetS Component (Total n/Percentage %) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Males | Females | p-Value | App | Non-App | p-Value 1 | |
| Elevated WC | 18 (19.4%) | 4 (8.3%) | 14 (31.1%) | 0.0055 * | 13 (21.0%) | 5 (16.7%) | 0.6259 |
| Elevated BP | 19 (20.4%) | 15 (31.3%) | 4 (8.9%) | 0.0075 * | 12 (19.4%) | 7 (23.3%) | 0.6586 |
| Elevated TGs | 17 (18.3%) | 8 (16.7%) | 9 (20.0%) | 0.6777 | 13 (21.0%) | 4 (13.3%) | 0.3765 |
| Elevated FBG | 35 (37.6%) | 23 (47.9%) | 12 (26.7%) | 0.0345 * | 23 (37.1%) | 11 (36.7%) | 0.968 |
| Low HDL-C | 33 (35.5%) | 19 (39.6%) | 14 (31.1%) | 0.3935 | 22 (35.5%) | 11 (36.7%) | 0.9117 |
App: Appalachian; WC: Waist Circumference; BP: Blood Pressure; TGs: Triglycerides; FBG: Fasting Blood Glucose; HDL-C: High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; 1 Chi-Square test; * indicates significance.