Metabolic Syndrome in Iranian Youths: A Population-Based Study on Junior and High Schools Students in Rural and Urban Areas

Table 2

Prevalence of different components of metabolic syndrome in junior high school students urbanization and intervention, reference.

Junior high school	Girls			Boys
	Urban	Rural	𝑃 value	Urban	Rural	𝑃 value
Number of participants
Intervention	212	32		247	33
Reference	172	84		166	93
High BP
Intervention	34 (16.2)	1 (3.1)	0.06	63 (25.7)	0 (0)	0.001
Reference	63 (36.6)	19 (24.1)	0.048	82 (49.4)	22 (23.9)	0.000
High TG IDF
Intervention	29 (13.8)	3 (9.7)	0.78	19 (7.8)	4 (12.1)	0.496
Reference	30 (17.4)	6 (16.2)	0.86	27 (16.3)	13 (18.3)	0.70
High TG de Ferranti
Intervention	99 (47.1)	15 (48.4)	0.89	99 (40.4)	15 (45.5)	0.58
Reference	103 (59.9)	27 (73.0)	0.14	72 (43.4)	46 (64.8)	0.003
Low HDL
Intervention	67 (31.9)	4 (12.9)	0.030	62 (25.4)	11 (33.3)	0.33
Reference	29 (16.9)	14 (37.8)	0.004	43 (25.9)	17 (23.3)	0.67
High FBS
Intervention	7 (3.3)	2 (6.5)	0.33	32 (13.1)	3 (9.1)	0.78
Reference	2 (1.2)	0 (0)	1.00	2 (1.2)	1 (1.4)	1.00
High WC de Ferranti
Intervention	37 (17.6)	9 (29.0)	0.13	63 (25.7)	3 (9.4)	0.04
Reference	22 (12.9)	11 (13.1)	0.97	67 (40.4)	8 (8.6)	<0.001
High WC IDF
Intervention	20 (9.5)	1 (3.2)	0.49	35 (14.3)	2 (6.3)	0.28
Reference	9 (5.3)	0 (0)	0.032	25 (15.1)	3 (3.2)	0.003
Metabolic syndrome (IDF)
Intervention	7 (3.3)	1 (3.2)	1.00	15 (6.1)	2 (6.3)	1.00
Reference	3 (1.7)	3 (8.1)	0.07	18 (10.9)	2 (2.7)	0.036
Metabolic syndrome (de Ferranti)
Intervention	19 (9.1)	2 (6.5)	1.00	36 (14.8)	3 (9.4)	0.59
Reference	19 (11.0)	6 (16.2)	0.40	38 (22.9)	4 (5.5)	0.001

Data are expressed as number (%).
𝑃 value obtained from chi-square test (or Fisher’s exact test if required).