Review Article

Exploring the Prevalence and Components of Metabolic Syndrome in Sub-Saharan African Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Characteristics of the included studies that evaluated the prevalence of MetS among T2DM in sub-Saharan population.

Author (year)CountryStudy designSampling methodSurvey periodSample sizeSexMean ageDiagnostic criteriaOverall prevalence
(NCEP/ATP-III) (%)(IDF) (%)

Kalk and Joffe [25] 2008South AfricaCross-sectional studyConvenience sampling1994–2002500Both48.3 ± 8.7IDF69.0
Titty et al. [26] 2008GhanaCross-sectional studyConvenience samplingJanuary 2006 to May 2007456Both55.8 ± 12.3NCEP-ATP III55.9
Titty [27] 2009GhanaCross-sectional studyUnspecifiedJune 2006 to May 2007300Both57.8 ± 11.3NCEP-ATP III60.3
Puepet et al. [28] 2009NigeriaCross-sectional studyConvenience samplingJanuary 2006 to December 2008634Both54.2 ± 9.1IDF63.6
Unadike et al. [29] 2009NigeriaCross-sectional studyUnspecifiedJanuary to August 2008240Both50.8 ± 11NCEP-ATP III62.5
Chanda et al. [30] 2010ZambiaCross-sectional studyUnspecifiedUnspecified400Both59.3 ± 11.13NCEP-ATP III73.0
Titty [31] 2010GhanaCross-sectional studyConvenience samplingSeptember 2006 to August 2007240Both47.2 ± 12.3NCEP-ATP-III43.3
Ogbera et al. [32] 2011NigeriaCross-sectional studyUnspecifiedUnspecified201Female62.4 ± 7.7NCEP-ATP III69.0
Kangne et al. [33] 2012CameroonCross-sectional studyConvenience sampling2006–2008308Both55.8 ± 10.5NCEP-ATP III, IDF60.471.7
Osuji et al. [34] 2012NigeriaCross-sectional studyUnspecifiedUnspecified93Both55.27 ± 12.55NCEP-ATP III66.7
Mogre et al. [35] 2014GhanaCross- sectional studyConvenience samplingUnspecified200Both56.2 ± 12.13IDF24.0
Ejiofor et al. [37] 2015NigeriaCross-sectional studySimple random samplingMarch to September 2006366BothUnspecifiedNCEP-ATP III67.8
Nsiah et al. [36] 2015GhanaCross-sectional studyUnspecifiedFebruary to April 2013150Both51.3 ± 0.97NCEP-ATP III58.0
Amoabeng Abban et al. [39] 2017GhanaCross-sectional studyConvenience samplingMarch to April 2015103Both56.24 ± 9.77NCEP-ATP III, IDF59.0975.0
Amidu et al. [40] 2017GhanaCross-sectional studyConvenience samplingNovember 2010-March 2011274Male59.9 ± 11.3NCEP-ATP III, IDF65.343.1
Onyenekwu et al. [38] 2017NigeriaCross-sectional studySystematic samplingUnspecified108BothUnspecifiedIDF97.2
Osei-Yeboah et al. [41] 2017GhanaCross-sectional studyConvenience samplingFebruary to April 2016162Both56.4 ± 10.6NCEP-ATP III, IDF43.869.1
Woyesa et al. [42] 2017EthiopiaCross-sectional studySimple random samplingFebruary to May 2017314Both49.8 ± 9.8NCEP-ATP III70.1
Tadewos et al. [43] 2017EthiopiaCross-sectional studySystematic random samplingMarch to November 2014270Both48.8 ± 11.9NCEP-ATP III45.9
Biadgo et al. [44] 2018EthiopiaCross-sectional studyUnspecifiedJune to July 2015159Both49.8 ± 8.7NCEP-ATP III, IDF66.753.5
Birarra and Gelayee [45] 2018EthiopiaCross-sectional studySystematic random samplingMarch to May 2017256BothUnspecifiedNCEP-ATP III, IDF70.357.0
Obirikorang et al. [46] 2018GhanaCross-sectional studyNonprobability convenience samplingUnspecified384Both56.4 ± 13.1NCEP-ATP III, IDF77.176.3
Agyemang-Yeboah et al. [47] 2019GhanaCross-sectional studySimple random samplingUnspecified405Both58.5 ± 9.9NCEP-ATP III90.6
Gebremeskel et al. [48] 2019EthiopiaCross-sectional studySimple random samplingFebruary to June 2018419Both56.39 ± 10.18IDF51.1
Bizuayehu Wube et al. [49] 2019EthiopiaCross-sectionalSimple random samplingFebruary to May 2017314Both49.8 ± 9.8NCEP-ATP III, IDF70.152.9
Zerga and Bezabih [50] 2020EthiopiaCross-sectional studySimple random samplingFebruary to March 2017330BothUnspecifiedNCEP-ATP III, IDF59.450.3
Anto et al. [51] 2022GhanaCross-sectional studyConvenience samplingMarch to June 2021241BothUnspecifiedNCEP-ATP III42.7
Gebreyesus et al. [52] 2022EthiopiaCross-sectional studySystematic samplingSeptember to November 2019421Both58.2 ± 11NCEP-ATP III, IDF67.957.0
Gemeda et al. [53] 2022EthiopiaCross-sectional studySimple random samplingSeptember 2020 to August 2021394BothUnspecifiedNCEP-ATP III68.3
Charkos and Getnet [54] 2023EthiopiaCross-sectional studySystematic random samplingSeptember to October 2022237BothUnspecifiedNCEP-ATP III, IDF41.341.8

IDF: International Diabetes Federation; NCEP-ATP-III: National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel I.