Table 4.
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome by age categories, smoking status, marital status, region and nationality among Jordanians using IDF definition, Jordan 2017
| Variables | Men | P value* | Women | P value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | No | Yes | |||
| Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | |||
| Age (years) | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| 18–29 | 133 (86.9) | 20 (13.1) | 506 (88.3) | 67 (11.7) | ||
| 30–39 | 95 (53.4) | 83 (46.6) | 445 (72.5) | 169 (27.5) | ||
| 40–49 | 132 (42.6) | 178 (57.4) | 364 (48.3) | 390 (51.7) | ||
| 50–59 | 109 (37.2) | 184 (62.8) | 145 (26.7) | 399 (73.3) | ||
| 60–69 | 51 (33.1) | 103 (66.9) | 36 (14.8) | 207 (85.2) | ||
| ≥ 70 | 37 (39.4) | 57 (60.6) | 16 (19) | 68 (81) | ||
| Smoking status | <0.001 | 0.05 | ||||
| No | 280 (47.6) | 308 (52.4) | 1413 (54.6) | 1174 (45.4) | ||
| Past | 68 (33.3) | 136 (66.7) | 20 (43.5) | 26 (56.5) | ||
| Current | 211 (53.8) | 181 (46.2) | 81 (43.5) | 105 (56.5) | ||
| Marital status | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Single | 126 (89.4) | 15 (10.6) | 380 (83.3) | 76 (16.7) | ||
| Married | 433 (41.5) | 610 (58.5) | 1134 (48) | 1229 (52) | ||
| Region | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| North | 179 (46) | 210 (54) | 459 (50.4) | 451 (49.6) | ||
| Middle | 261 (55.8) | 207 (44.2) | 753 (58.5) | 534 (41.5) | ||
| South | 119 (36.4) | 208 (63.6) | 302 (48.6) | 320 (51.4) | ||
| Nationality | 0.045 | 0.043 | ||||
| Jordanian | 517 (46.7) | 591 (53.3) | 1422 (54.2) | 1204 (45.8) | ||
| Syrian | 41 (57.7) | 30 (42.3) | 81 (47.1) | 91 (52.9) | ||
* Chi-Square test is used to compare prevalence rates of Metabolic syndrome according to studied variables for men and women