Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a National Sample of Adolescent Population in the Middle East and North Africa: The CASPIAN III Study

Table 2

Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors according to gender: CASPIAN III Study.

Risk factors	Boys 𝑁 (%)	Girls 𝑁 (%)	𝑃 value
At least one RF of CVD	708 (49)	801 (57.3)	<0.01
DLP	662 (40.8)	709 (44.7)	0.25
At least two RFs of CVD	105 (7.3)	158 (11.3)	<0.01
HTN & DM	10 (5)	34 (1.7)	<0.01
HTN & DLP	34 (2.3)	55 (3.9)	0.02
DM & DLP	80 (5)	115 (7.3)	0.01
Having all (3) RFs of CVD	1 (0.1)	9 (0.6)	0.01

FBS: fasting blood glucose (mg/dL), BP: blood pressure (mmHg), DLP: dyslipidemia.