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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 5
Pooled prevalence of metabolic syndrome component based on IDF criteria.
Author (year)
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome component
Sample
Central obesity
Low-HDL-c
High-TG
Hypertension
Birarra and Gelayee [
45
] 2018
256
61.7
66.8
67.6
43.0
Biadgo et al. [
44
] 2018
159
61.0
32.7
62.3
55.4
Osei-Yeboah et al. [
41
] 2017
162
30.8
47.5
16.7
66.7
Kalk and Joffe [
25
] 2008
500
75.2
47.6
42.0
67.0
Puepet et al. [
28
] 2009
634
80.0
70.0
62.9
63.1
Gebremeskel et al. [
48
] 2019
419
59.7
34.4
45.1
41.3
Pooled prevalence (95% CI)
61.6 (47.9, 75.3)
49.9 (37.3, 62.6)
49.2 (34.1, 64.4)
56.1 (46.7, 65.4'
CI: confidence interval; HDL-c: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; IDF: International Diabetes Federation.