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Table 2.

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in different age and gender groups.

Age (years)	Number (n)	Male/female (n/n)	Prevalence of MS
Age (years)	Number (n)	Male/female (n/n)	Total, n (%)	Male, n (%)	Female, n (%)
20–29	221	115/106	14 (6.3)^a	13 (11.3)	1 (0.9)^b
30–39	266	156/110	39 (14.7)^a	33 (21.2)	6 (5.5)^c
40–49	363	192/171	87 (24.0)^a	67 (34.9)	20 (11.7)^c
50–59	333	170/163	101 (30.3)^a	71 (41.8)	30 (18.4)^c
60–69	217	116/101	86 (39.6)^a	55 (47.4)	31 (30.7)^b
≥70	126	62/64	64 (50.8)^a	35 (56.5)	29 (45.3)^b
Total	1526	811/715	391 (25.6)^a	274 (33.9)	117 (15.2)^c

^aP < 0.05, pairwise comparison of TN prevalence among age groups. ^bP < 0.05, ^c P < 0.01, compared with the prevalence of TN in males of the same age group.