Research Article
Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components in Bamboutos Division’s Adults, West Region of Cameroon
Table 1
Features of persons who participated in the study according to sex in total participants.
| | | Total participants | Males | Females | p value (between male and female) | | Total, n (%) | 604 | 257 (57.45) | 347 (42.55) |
| | Age (years | 43.74±17.21 | 40.87±17.29 | 45.87±16.87 | < 0.001 |
| | Educational level, n (% | Uneducated | 11 (1.82) | 1 (2.88) | 10 (0.39) | < 0.001 | | | Primary | 200 (33.11) | 66 (38.62) | 134 (25.68) | | | | secondary | 305 (50.50) | 136 (48.70) | 169 (52.92) | | | | University | 88 (14.57) | 54 (9.80) | 34 (21.01) | |
| | Residence area, n (% | | | | | 0.487 | | | Mbouda | 424 (70.20) | 188 (73.15) | 236 (68.01) | | | | Batcham | 118 (19.54) | 45 (17.51) | 73 (21.04) | | | | Galim | 35 (5.79) | 15 (5.84) | 20 (5.76) | | | | Babadjou | 27 (4.47) | 9 (3.50) | 18 (5.19) | |
| | Drinking, n (% | | | | | < 0.001 | | | Never drinker | 119 (19.70) | 40 (15.56) | 79 (22.77) | | | | Moderate alcohol drinker | 299 (49.50) | 117 (45.53) | 182 (52.45) | | | | Excessive alcohol drinker | 186 (30.79) | 100 (38.91) | 86 (24.78) | |
| | Smoking, n (% | | | | | < 0.001 | | | Current smoker | 21 (3.48) | 20 (7.78) | 1 (0.29) | | | | Former smoker | 69 (11.42) | 47 (18.29) | 22 (6.34) | | | | Never smoker | 514 (85.10) | 190 (73.93) | 324 (93.37) | |
| | BMI (kg/m2; | | 27.45±6.16 | 26.69±5.22 | 28.02±6.72 | 0.006 |
| | BMI, n (% | | | | | 0.004 | | | Underweight | 16 (2.65) | 4 (1.56) | 12 (3.46) | | | | Normal weight | 222 (36.75) | 105 (40.86) | 117 (33.72) | | | | Overweight | 176 (29.14) | 85 (33.07) | 91 (26.22) | | | | Obesity | 190 (31.46) | 63 (24.51) | 127 (36.60) | |
| | Physical activity, n (%) | | | | | 0.001 | | | Low | 405 (67.05) | 154 (59.92) | 251 (72.33) | | | | Moderate | 147 (24.34) | 70 (27.24) | 77 (22.19) | | | | High | 41 (6.79) | 28 (10.89) | 13 (3.75) | | | | Very high | 11 (1.82) | 5 (1.95) | 6 (1.73) | |
| | Waist circumference (cm; | 83.68±16.64 | 85.27±15.15 | 82.51±17.59 | 0.039 |
| | Abdominal obesity, n (% | | | | | < 0.001 | | | No | 360 (59.60) | 202 (78.60) | 158 (45.53) | | | | Yes | 244 (40.40) | 55 (21.40) | 189 (54.47) | |
| | Diabetes, n (% | 37 (6.13) | 16 (6.23) | 21 (6.05) | 0.929 |
| | Hypertension, n (% | 266 (44.04) | 119 (46.30) | 147 (42.36) | 0.334 |
| | Hyper-LDL cholesterol, n (% | 138 (22.85) | 49 (19.07) | 89 (25.65) | 0.056 |
| | Hyper-total cholesterol, n (% | 163 (26.99) | 62 (24.12) | 101 (29.11) | 0.172 |
| | Hypo-total cholesterol, n (% | 291 (48.18) | 137 (53.31) | 154 (44.38) | 0.029 |
| | Hypertriglyceridemia, n (% | 326 (53.97) | 149 (57.98) | 177 (51.01) | 0.089 |
| | Hypo-HDL cholesterol, n (% | 500 (82.78) | 200 (77.82) | 300 (86.46) | 0.005 |
| | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg; [min-max] | 80.39±12.55 40-120 | 80.95±10.87 54-112 | 79.97±13.67 40-120 | 0.329 |
| | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg; [min-max] | 129.20±20.89 80-195 | 131.49±21.11 100-195 | 127.50±20.58 80-188 | 0.020 |
| | Glycaemia (mg/dl; [min-max] | 98.90±34.68 54-448 | 97.61±27.70 55-183 | 99.85±39.07 54-448 | 0.411 |
| | HDL cholesterol (mg/dl; [min-max] | 33.10±15.27 3-190 | 32.64±13.55 3-126 | 33.44±16.44 8-190 | 0.513 |
| | LDL cholesterol (mg/dl; [min-max] | 95.14±74.67 10-357 | 90.58±68.82 30-357 | 98.52±78.67 10-261 | 0.187 |
| | Total cholesterol (mg/dl; [min-max] | 159.88±76.23 37-618 | 155.34±68.33 38-417 | 163.24±81.53 37-618 | 0.196 |
| | Triglyceride (mg/dl; [min-max] | 168.48±71.81 24-479 | 169.82±70.99 24-479 | 167.48±72.49 30-430 | 0.691 |
| | hs-CRP (mg/l) | 5.88±16.58 0.005-192 | 3.94±12.28 0.005-96 | 7.32±19.05 0.005-192 | 0.008 |
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, BMI, diastolic blood pressure; systolic blood pressure; glycaemia; HDL cholesterol; LDL cholesterol; total cholesterol; and triglyceride were expressed as mean ± SD. BMI, body mass index. t-test; -square. MetS, metabolic syndrome; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; n, size; min, minimum; max, maximum. |
