Research Article
High Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Related Demographic Factors in North of Iran: Results from the PERSIAN Guilan Cohort Study
Table 1
Characteristics of demographic variables and prevalence of metabolic syndrome according on IDF definition (n = 10520).
| | Variables | Category | N (%) | Prevalence MetS (95% CI) |
| | Age (years) | 44–35 | 3142 (29.9) | 33.63 (31.89–35.41) | | 45–54 | 3852 (36.6) | 41.53 (39.99–43.09) | | 55–65 | 2730 (25.9) | 50.33 (48.50–52.15) | | 65–70 | 796 (7.6) | 51.97 (48.89–55.04) |
| | Gender | Men | 4887 (46.4) | 28.01 (26.77–29.29) | | Women | 5633 (53.6) | 55.75 (54.44–57.04) |
| | Location | Urban | 4613 (43.9) | 45.50 (44.06–46.94) | | Rural | 5907 (56.1) | 40.82 (39.57–42.07) |
| | Marital status | Single | 993 (9.4) | 51.66 (48.54–54.76) | | Married | 9527 (90.6) | 41.95 (40.96–42.94) |
| | Education Level | Illiterate | 1738 (16.5) | 52.42 (50.06–54.77) | | 1–5 years | 3312 (31.5) | 43.45 (41.77–45.15) | | 6–12 years | 4832 (45.9) | 39.90 (38.52–41.29) | | Academic level | 638 (6.1) | 35.70 (32.05–39.51) |
| | Current employment | No | 4781 (45.4) | 54.61 (53.19–56.01) | | Yes | 5739 (54.6) | 33.08 (31.88–34.31) |
| | BMI | Low weight | 141 (1.4) | 2.87 (1.08–7.44) | | Normal | 2746 (26.0) | 15.47 (14.16–16.88) | | Overweight | 4198 (39.9) | 46.44 (44.93–47.95) | | Obesity | 3435 (32.7) | 62.03 (60.39–63.63) |
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