Table 2.

Prevalence of MetS and its components stratified by sex (N = 3003)

	Males	Females	Total	p value*
	%	%	%	<0.001
Metabolic syndrome	33.1	31.5	32.3	<0.001
Abdominal obesity	36.6	52.4	44.4	<0.001
High triglyceride	25.6	18.0	43.6	<0.001
Low HDL-cholesterol	44.1	45.7	44.9	<0.001
High blood pressure	27.5	24.4	25.9	<0.001
High fasting blood glucose levels	28.1	14.9	21.5	<0.001

*P values were calculated using weighted χ² test to compare the proportions between males and females