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

Table 2

Descriptive statistics for metabolic syndrome indicators.

Female				Male
Variables	Mean	St. dev.		Variables	Mean	St. dev.
BMI	28.8	6.27	342	BMI	26.5	5.03	149
Fasting glucose	89.5	76.97	43	Fasting glucose	95.6	65.52	25
HDL	55.1	19.53	33	HDL	46.4	9.17	23
Waist	36.1	5.69	345	Waist	35.8	5.36	149

Female n = 349; valid n = 4. Male n = 150; valid n = 3. HDL: high-density lipoprotein.