Table 8.

χ² test results of differences in categorical variables between ages and between occupations among men

Variables	Item	Non-MetS		MetS		P value
		n	%	n	%
Age (years)	Age ≤40	16 483	76.99	4927	23.01
	40< age ≤60	13 813	67.17	6752	32.83	<0.001
	Age >60	1158	64.08	649	35.92
Occupation	Professional-1	1936	74.18	674	25.82
	Technical-2	12 603	74.5	4314	25.5
	Managerial-3	5704	67.48	2749	32.52
	Sales-4	4516	70.47	1892	29.53	<0.001
	Service-5	1557	71.32	626	28.68
	Clerical and administrative-6	1558	73.94	549	26.06
	Manual labor-7	2127	72.79	795	27.21
	Taxi driver-8	1453	66.59	729	33.41

MetS, metabolic syndrome.