Prevalence of Risk Factors for the Metabolic Syndrome in the Middle Income Caribbean Nation of St. Lucia

Table 1

Frequency of demographic and behavioral variables. ().

Female			Male
Variables	Freq.	%	Variables	Freq.	%
Ancestry			Ancestry
African	194	55.6	African	81	54.0
Mixed^1	135	38.7	Mixed ^1	55	36.7
Other^2	15	4.3	Other^2	12	8.0
Alcohol			Alcohol
Yes	150	43.0	Yes	98	65.3
No	193	55.3	No	52	34.7
District			District
A La Raye	32	9.2	A La Raye	13	8.7
Castries^3	164	47.0	Castries	64	42.7
Choiseul	5	1.4	Choiseul	1	0.7
Dennery	20	5.7	Dennery	5	3.3
Gros Islet^3	101	28.9	Gros Islet	51	34.0
Laborie	2	0.6	Laborie	0	0.0
Micoud	6	1.7	Micoud	2	1.3
Soufriere	9	2.6	Soufriere	3	2.0
Vieux Fort	10	2.9	Vieux Fort	11	7.3
Exercise			Exercise
Sedentary	127	36.4	Sedentary	33	22.0
Mild	90	25.8	Mild	35	23.3
Moderate	59	16.9	Moderate	36	24.0
Intense	66	18.9	Intense	45	30.0
Smoking			Smoking
Yes	4	1.1	Yes	19	12.7
No	337	96.6	No	129	86.0

Female n = 349. Male n = 150. Differences between categories total count and the total gender sample size indicative of missing data.
¹Mixed indicates African and Indian descent.
²Other indicates Indo-Caribbean, Asian-Indian, or various other descents.
³Urban district.