Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components in Bamboutos Division’s Adults, West Region of Cameroon

Table 2

Features of participants according to metabolic syndrome status in total participants.

		Normal participants	Participants with MetS	p value (between normal and MetS)
Total, n (%)		408 (67.55)	196 (32.45)
Age (years		41.60±17.61	48.19±15.48	< 0.001
Educational level, n (%				< 0.001
	Uneducated	6 (1.47)	5 (2.55)
	Primary	125 (30.64)	75 (38.27)
	secondary	201 (49.26)	104 (53.06)
	University	76 (18.63)	12 (6.12)
Residence area, n (%				0.648
	Mbouda	292 (71.57)	132 (67.35)
	Batcham	78 (19.12)	40 (20.41)
	Galim	22 (5.39)	13 (6.63)
	Babadjou	16 (3.92)	11 (5.61)
Drinking, n (%				0.017
	Never drinker	89 (21.81)	30 (15.31)
	Moderate alcohol drinker	186 (45.59)	113 (57.65)
	Excessive alcohol drinker	133 (32.60)	53 (27.04)
Smoking, n (%				0.080
	Current smoker	18 (4.41)	3 (1.53)
	Former smoker	51 (12.50)	18 (9.18)
	Never smoker	339 (83.09)	175 (89.29)
BMI (kg/m^2		25.48±4.91	31.56±6.46	< 0.001
BMI, n (%				< 0.001
	Underweight	16 (3.92)	0 (0.00)
	Normal weight	205 (50.25)	17 (8.67)
	Overweight	107 (26.23)	69 (35.21)
	Obesity	80 (19.60)	110 (56.12)
Physical activity, n (%)				0.007
	Low	257 (62.99)	148 (75.51)
	Moderate	107 (26.23)	40 (20.41)
	High	35 (8.58)	6 (3,06)
	Very high	9 (2.21)	2 (1.02)
Waist circumference (cm		77.50±13.89	96.56±14.40	< 0.001
Abdominal obesity, n (%				< 0.001
	No	351 (86.03)	9 (4.59)
	Yes	57 (13.97)	187 (95.41)
Diabetes, n (%		88 (21.57)	88 (44.90)	< 0.001
Hypertension, n (%		152 (37.25)	114 (58.16)	< 0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg; [min-max]		79.11±12.17 40-108	83.04±12.94 50-120	< 0.001
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg; [min-max]		127.32±21.10 80-195	133.12±19.92 80-188	0.001
Glycaemia (mg/dl; [min-Max]		93.50±22.38 55-283	110.14±49.85 54-448	< 0.001
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl; [min-max]		34.11±14.70 3-126	31.00±16.24 11-190	0.023
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl; [min-max]		84.00±65.96 10-357	118.26±85.95 20-175	< 0.001
Total cholesterol (mg/dl; [min-max]		152.25±70.01 37-187	175.75±85.83 50-618	< 0.001
Triglyceride (mg/dl; [min-max]		163.70±71.72 24-209	178.43±71.14 33-479	0.018
hs-CRP (mg/l)		2.12±3.94 0.005-27	13.72±26.96 0.005-192	< 0.001

, 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.