Evaluation of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Associated Risk Factors in Type 2 Diabetes: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study population stratified by sex.

Variables	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE
	(n = 405)	(n = 81)	(n = 324)	p-value
Age (years)	58.5 ± 9.9	57.9 ± 10.4	58.6 ± 9.8	0.554
Duration of diabetes (years)	6.4 ± 5.4	6.1 ± 5.3	6.5 ± 5.5	0.518
FPG (mmol L^−1)	9.3 ± 4.1	9.7 ± 5.2	9.1 ± 3.7	0.234
HbA1c (%)	7.1 ± 1.4	7.2 ± 1.4	7.1 ± 1.4	0.643
HbA1c >7%	198 (48.9)	42 (51.9)	156 (48.1)	0.551

Data are presented as mean ± SD. FPG: Fasting Plasma Glucose, HbA1c: glycated haemoglobin.