Variations of Lipoprotein(a) Levels in the Metabolic Syndrome: A Report from the Maracaibo City Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence Study

Table 1

General characteristics of the population evaluated by gender. The Maracaibo City Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence Study, 2013.

	Females		Males		Total
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Age group (%)
18-19	86	8.6	71	8.8	157	8.7
20–29	221	22.1	246	30.4	467	25.8
30–39	175	17.5	138	17.1	313	17.3
40–49	233	23.3	147	18.2	380	21.0
50–59	169	16.9	125	15.5	294	16.3
≥60	79	7.9	55	6.8	134	7.4
Ethnic group (%)
Mixed race	728	72.9	594	73.5	1322	73.2
Hispanic Whites	173	17.3	141	17.5	314	17.4
Afro-Venezuelans	29	2.9	33	4.1	62	3.4
American-Indians	58	5.8	39	4.8	97	5.4
Others	11	1.1	1	0.1	12	.7
Metabolic syndrome (%)¶
Absent	601	60.2	428	53.0	1029	56.9
Present	398	39.8	380	47.0	778	43.1
High waist circumference (%)¶
Absent	220	22.0	232	28.7	452	25.0
Present	779	78.0	576	71.3	1355	75.0
High blood pressure (%)¶
Absent	658	65.9	439	54.3	1097	60.7
Present	341	34.1	369	45.7	710	39.3
High basal glycemia (%)¶
Absent	733	73.4	526	65.1	1259	69.7
Present	266	26.6	282	34.9	548	30.3
Low HDL-C (%)¶
Absent	354	35.4	405	50.1	759	42.0
Present	645	64.6	403	49.9	1048	58.0
High triacylglycerides (%)¶
Absent	782	78.3	545	67.5	1327	73.4
Present	217	21.7	263	32.5	480	26.6
Lp(a) classification (%)
<30 mg/dL	631	63.2	514	63.6	1145	63.4
≥30 mg/dL	368	36.8	294	36.4	662	36.6
Total (%)	999	55.3	808	44.7	1807	100.0

¶IDF/AHA/NHLBI/WHF/IASO-2009.