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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2019 Jul;30(4):573–581. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001019

Table 2.

Distribution of metabolic syndrome components: cross-tabulation with metabolic syndrome score (n=1174)a

Number of metabolic syndrome components
None
(n=372)
One
(n=366)
Two
(n=207)
Three or more
(n=229)
n (row %) n (row %) n (row %) n (row %)
Waist circumference
 ≥88 cm 0 93 (21) 135 (30) 218 (49)
 <88 cm 372 (51) 273 (38) 72 (10) 11 (2)
Triglycerides
 ≥150 mg/dL 0 23 (9) 67 (25) 178 (66)
 <150 mg/dL 372 (41) 343 (38) 140 (15) 51 (6)
High-density lipoprotein
 <50 mg/dL 0 202 (34) 171 (29) 222 (37)
 ≥50 mg/dL 372 (64) 164 (28) 36 (6) 7 (1)
Blood pressure
 ≥130 mmHg systolic or ≥85 mmHg diastolic 0 21 (13) 26 (17) 110 (70)
 <130 mmHg systolic and <85 mmHg diastolic 372 (37) 345 (34) 181 (18) 119 (12)
Glucose
 ≥100 mg/dL 0 27 (30) 15 (17) 48 (53)
 <100 mg/dL 372 (34) 339 (31) 192 (18) 181 (17)
a

Table excludes 54 women who were missing one or more component of metabolic syndrome