The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components among People with Type 2 Diabetes in the Ho Municipality, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 5
Prevalence of the various components of metabolic syndrome among the study population stratified by gender.
Parameter
Total
Male
Female
value
NCEP-ATP III
Abdominal obesity
78 (48.15)
5 (8.20)
73 (72.28)
<0.0001
Raised TG
27 (16.67)
4 (6.56)
23 (22.77)
0.0083
Reduced HDL
38 (23.46)
15 (24.59)
23 (22.77)
0.8491
High blood pressure
108 (66.67)
39 (63.93)
69 (68.32)
0.6079
WHO
Central obesity
50 (30.86)
8 (13.11)
42 (41.58)
0.0001
Raised TG
27 (16.67)
4 (6.56)
23 (22.77)
0.0083
Reduced HDL
40 (24.69)
17 (27.87)
23 (22.77)
0.5731
High blood pressure
102 (62.96)
36 (59.02)
66 (65.35)
0.5021
IDF
Abdominal obesity
112 (69.14)
24 (39.34)
88 (87.13)
<0.0001
Raised TG
27 (16.67)
4 (6.56)
23 (22.77)
0.0083
Reduced HDL
77 (47.53)
24 (39.34)
53 (52.48)
0.1437
High blood pressure
108 (66.67)
39 (63.93)
69 (68.32)
0.6079
Data is presented as frequency with corresponding percentage in parenthesis. TG: triglyceride, HDL: high density lipoprotein, WHO: World Health Organization, NCEP-ATP III: National Cholesterol Education Program, Adult Treatment Panel III, and IDF: International Diabetes Federation. is significant at 0.05.
