The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components among People with Type 2 Diabetes in the Ho Municipality, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Haemodynamic and biochemical parameters of study population stratified by gender.

Parameter	Total	Male	Female	value
SP	129.42 ± 20.07	129.72 ± 20.17	129.24 ± 20.11	0.8820
DP	79.15 ± 11.37	79.51 ± 11.46	78.93 ± 11.37	0.7550
FBG	7.35 ± 1.93	7.16 ± 2.12	7.47 ± 1.82	0.9870
Total cholesterol	4.90 ± 1.36	4.49 ± 1.17	5.15 ± 1.41	0.0030
Triglyceride	1.11 (0.38–5.30)	0.97 (0.38–4.46)	1.23 (0.42–5.30)	0.0110
HDL	1.25 ± 0.38	1.25 ± 0.44	1.25 ± 0.34	0.9740
LDL	3.02 ± 1.07	2.71 ± 0.99	3.21 ± 1.07	0.0030
VLDL	0.51 (0.17–2.03)	0.44 (0.17–2.03)	0.56 (0.19–1.66)	0.0120

Data is presented as mean ± standard deviation of the mean and median with minimum and maximum in parenthesis. SP: systolic blood pressure, DP: diastolic blood pressure, FBG: fasting blood glucose, HDL: high density lipoprotein, LDL: low density lipoprotein, and VLDL: very low density lipoprotein.