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. 2020 May 3;20:611. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08609-5

Table 3.

Population components of patients attending publicly funded primary health centers in 2017 with all five MetS component data available

Population Demographics Prevalence of MetS (Total population = 127,941)
N %
Age (years)
 18–29 2349 14.9
 30–39 9362 32.5
 40–49 15,906 50.3
 50–59 18,592 64.2
 60 + 16,287 71.5
Gender
 Women 30,145 42.5
 Men 32,351 56.7
Nationality
 Southern Asia 19,310 60
 Northern Africa 10,853 50.7
 Western Asia (excluding Qatar) 9090 46.8
 Australasia 41 43.2
 Qatar 19,707 43
 Northern America 333 42.3
 South-eastern Asia 2204 40.5
 Northern Europe 210 38.3
 Sub-Saharan Africa 600 36.1
 Latin America and the Caribbean 30 35.3
 Eastern-Central Asia 20 33.9
 Eastern Europe 37 29.4
 Western Europe 34 29.3
 Southern Europe 26 20.6