Research Article
The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components among People with Type 2 Diabetes in the Ho Municipality, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the population under study stratified by gender.
| | Parameter | Total | Male | Female |
| | Total respondents | 162 (100) | 61 (37.65) | 101 (62.35) | | Age | 56.42 ± 10.64 | 55.93 ± 11.25 | 56.71 ± 10.29 | | Marital status | | | | | Married | 119 (73.46) | 56 (91.80) | 63 (62.38) | | Single | 43 (26.54) | 5 (8.20) | 38 (37.62) | | Education background | | | | | None | 10 (6.17) | 1 (1.64) | 9 (8.91) | | Basic | 31 (19.14) | 8 (13.11) | 23 (22.77) | | Secondary | 69 (42.59) | 21 (34.43) | 48 (47.53) | | Tertiary | 52 (32.10) | 31 (50.82) | 21 (20.79) | | Occupation | | | | | None | 49 (30.82) | 16 (27.59) | 33 (32.67) | | Informal | 69 (43.40) | 20 (34.48) | 49 (48.52) | | Formal | 41 (25.78) | 22 (37.93) | 19 (18.81) | | Salt intake | | | | | None | 131 (82.39) | 46 (79.31) | 85 (84.16) | | Moderate | 25 (15.72) | 9 (15.52) | 16 (15.84) | | High | 3 (1.89) | 3 (5.17) | 0 (0.00) | | Sugar intake | | | | | None | 127 (80.89) | 42 (72.41) | 85 (85.86) | | Moderate | 4 (2.55) | 2 (3.45) | 2 (2.02) | | High | 26 (16.56) | 14 (24.14) | 12 (12.12) | | Fat intake | | | | | None | 137 (86.71) | 52 (89.65) | 85 (85.00) | | Moderate | 10 (6.33) | 2 (3.45) | 8 (8.00) | | High | 11 (6.96) | 4 (6.90) | 7 (7.00) |
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Data are presented as frequency with percentage in parenthesis or mean ± standard deviation.
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