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Table 2.

Pooled estimations of the metabolic syndrome prevalence rate by country

Country	No. of studies	Sample size	Pooled prevalence	95% Confidence interval	P-value
Oman	6	7,040	0.25	0.19–0.31	<0.01^*
UAE	5	10,289	0.39	0.34–0.45	<0.01^*
Saudi	24	67,796	0.28	0.24–0.33	<0.01^*
Kuwait	12	8,480	0.22	0.17–0.27	<0.01^*
Qatar	7	5,994	0.29	0.25–0.34	<0.01^*

P<0.05.