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

Table 3

Association between sociodemographic parameters, hs-CRP levels, and metabolic syndrome in total participants.

		Metabolic syndrome
	Categories/groups	OR	95% CI	p value
Age (years)
	20 - <30	(ref)
	30 - <40	4.13	2.22-7.69	<0.001
	40 - <50	4.37	2.53-7.55	<0.001
	50 - <60	5.66	3.17-10.12	<0.001
	60 - <70	2.80	1.50-5.20	0.001
	≥70	3.04	1.51-6.13	0.001
Educational level, n (%
	Uneducated	(ref)
	Primary	0.72	0.21-2.44	0.597
	Secondary	0.62	0.18-2.08	0.440
	University	0.19	0.05-0.72	0.014
Residence area, n (%
	Mbouda	(ref)
	Batcham	1.13	0.73-1.74	0.568
	Galim	1.30	0.63-2.67	0.463
	Babadjou	1.52	0.68-3.37	0.301
Drinking, n (%
	Never drinker	(ref)
	Moderate alcohol drinker	1.80	1.12-2.89	0.015
	Excessive alcohol drinker	1.18	0.70-1.99	0.530
Smoking, n (%
	Never smoker	(ref)
	Former smoker	2.11	0.55-8.01	0.270
	Current smoker	3.09	0.09-10.65	0.073
BMI, n (%
	Normal weight	(ref)
	Underweight	0.00	0.00-0.00	0.971
	Overweight	7.45	4.17-13.30	<0.001
	Obesity	16.34	9.21-28.96	<0.001
Physical activity, n (%)
	Low	(ref)
	Moderate	0.65	0.42-0.98	0.041
	High	0.30	0.12-0.72	0.007
	Very high	0.38	0.08-1.81	0.227
hs-CRP (mg/l)	[0-11[	(ref)
	>11	4.37	2.45-7.77	<0.001

BMI, body mass index; hs-CRP, high sensitivity C-reactive protein; n, size; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; ref, reference=1.