Table 3.
The Distribution of MetS Among the Participants Stratified by Sex (n=266)
| Variables | Categories | Metabolic Syndrome | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (%) 58 (21.8%)) | Men (%) 23 (18.5%) | Women (%) 35(24.6%) | p-value (X2) 0.229 | ||
| Age | 20–39 | 19 (11.3) | 8 (10.8) | 11 (11.7) | 0.790 |
| ≥40 | 39 (39.8) | 15 (30.0) | 24 (50.0) | ||
| Monthly income (ranked) | Low | 9 (8.8) | 1 (1.9) | 8 (16.7) | 0.018* |
| Medium | 21 (25.3) | 13 (30.2) | 8 (20.0) | ||
| High | 28 (34.6) | 9 (33.3) | 19 (35.2) | ||
| Fasting blood glucose | Normal | 26 (12.4) | 8 (8.6) | 18 (15.5) | 0.255 |
| Pre-diabetes | 16 (45.7) | 9 (47.4) | 7 (43.8) | ||
| Diabetes | 16 (72.7) | 6 (50.0) | 10 (100.0) | ||
| Triglyceride | <150 | 9 (5.5) | 2 (3.1) | 7 (7.0) | 0.220 |
| 150–199 | 14 (35.9) | 4 (20.0) | 10 (52.6) | ||
| ≥200 | 35 (56.5) | 17 (43.6) | 18 (78.3) | ||
| Total cholesterol | <200 | 26 (13.9) | 11 (12.4) | 15 (15.3) | 0.929 |
| 200–239 | 19 (40.4) | 7 (31.8) | 12 (48.0) | ||
| ≥240 | 13 (40.6) | 5 (38.5) | 8 (42.1) | ||
| HDL-C (M/W) | ≥40/50 | 38 (16.7) | 114(91.9) | 114(80.3) | 0.098 |
| <40/50 | 20 (52.6) | 10 (8.1) | 28 (19.7) | ||
| LDL-C | <130 | 14 (10.6) | 5 (7.7) | 9 (13.4) | 0.904 |
| 130–159 | 13 (28.9) | 5 (25.0) | 8 (32.0) | ||
| 160–189 | 10 (25.6) | 5 (27.8) | 5 (23.8) | ||
| ≥190 | 21 (42.0) | 8 (38.1) | 13 (44.8) | ||
| Systolic blood pressure | <130 mmHg | 16 (9.1) | 8 (9.8) | 8 (8.5) | 0.320 |
| ≥130 mmHg | 42 (46.7) | 15 (35.7) | 27 (56.3) | ||
| Diastolic blood pressure | <85 mmHg | 19 (10.6) | 6 (7.4) | 13 (13.3) | 0.380 |
| ≥85 mmHg | 39 (44.8) | 17 (39.5) | 22 (50.0) | ||
| Body mass index | Underweight | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.044* |
| Normal | 16 (10.7) | 5 (6.9) | 11 (14.1) | ||
| Overweight | 24 (38.1) | 14 (41.2) | 10 (34.5) | ||
| Obese | 18 (66.7) | 4 (50.0) | 14 (73.7) | ||
| WC (cm) (M/W) | <94/80 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | NA |
| ≥94/80 | 58 (52.3) | 23 (71.9) | 35 (44.3) | ||
| W-Ht-R (M/W) | <0.49/0.50 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.901 |
| ≥0.49/0.50 | 58 (36.7) | 23 (31.5) | 35 (41.2) | ||
| W-Hip-R (M/W) | <0.88/0.82 | 2 (2.5) | 1 (2.2) | 1 (2.9) | 0.039* |
| ≥0.88/0.82 | 56 (30.1) | 22 (27.8) | 34 (31.8) | ||
Note: *Significant difference.
Abbreviations: HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; M/W, men/women; SD, standard deviation; WC, waist circumference; W-Ht-R, waist to height ratio; W-Hip-R, waist to hip ratio.