Research Article
High Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Related Demographic Factors in North of Iran: Results from the PERSIAN Guilan Cohort Study
Table 4
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome components by demographic characteristics based on IDF definition.
| | Variables | Category | Central obesity | FBS | High triglyceride | HDL cholesterol | Hypertension |
| | Age (years) | 44–35 | 75.41 (73.77–76.98) | 26.43 (24.81–28.10) | 41.67 (39.84–43.52) | 43.30 (41.46–45.15) | 18.21 (16.81–19.69) | | 45–54 | 76.55 (75.19–77.86) | 35.97 (34.47–37.50) | 44.11 (42.56–45.69) | 41.27 (39.73–42.83) | 33.18 (31.71–34.68) | | 55–65 | 75.11 (73.49–76.65) | 50.74 (48.91–52.57) | 44.42 (42.61–46.24) | 38.82 (37.05–40.62) | 53.73 (51.90–55.55) | | 65–70 | 75.39 (72.64–77.95) | 53.06 (49.97–56.12) | 39.62 (36.65–42.67) | 35.47 (32.58–38.47) | 64.22 (61.22–67.12) | | value | 0.523 | <0.001 | 0.012 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| | Gender | Men | 50.00 (48.59–51.40) | 36.14 (34.80–37.50) | 45.64 (44.24–47.04) | 26.46 (25.24–27.71) | 35.03 (33.71–36.38) | | Women | 98.08 (97.69–98.41) | 41.76 (40.48–43.05) | 40.94 (39.66–42.23) | 52.82 (51.51–54.12) | 40.30 (39.03–41.59) | | value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| | Location | Urban | 77.47 (76.24–78.66) | 38.46 (37.07–39.88) | 46.35 (44.91–47.79) | 48.13 (46.69–49.57) | 36.81 (35.43–38.21) | | Rural | 74.40 (73.28–75.50) | 39.68 (38.44–40.49) | 40.61 (39.37–41.87) | 34.70 (33.49–35.92) | 38.67 (37.44–39.92) | | value | <0.001 | 0.203 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.051 |
| | Marital status | Single | 87.10 (84.87–89.05) | 43.50 (40.44–46.61) | 39.37 (36.37–42.45) | 49.24 (46.14–52.35) | 42.69 (39.65–45.80) | | Married | 74.56 (73.68–75.43) | 38.70 (37.72–39.68) | 43.51 (42.52–44.51) | 39.67 (38.69–40.66) | 37.35 (36.39–38.33) | | value | <0.001 | 0.003 | 0.012 | <0.001 | 0.001 |
| | Education level | Illiterate | 80.42 (78.49–82.22) | 51.55 (49.20–53.90) | 41.10 (38.81–43.44) | 39.08 (36.81–41.40) | 52.36 (50.01–54.71) | | 1–5 | 77.43 (75.98–78.83) | 39.91 (38.25–41.59) | 42.88 (41.20–44.57) | 40.64 (38.97–42.32) | 37.25 (35.61–38.91) | | 6–12 | 74.14 (72.89–75.36) | 34.87 (33.53–36.22) | 43.39 (41.99–44.79) | 40.98 (39.59–42.37) | 33.14 (31.82–34.48) | | Academic | 66.35 (62.57–69.93) | 33.01 (29.45–36.78) | 47.70 (43.83–51.60) | 40.60 (36.83–44.47) | 36.33 (32.67–40.16) | | value | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.037 | 0.589 | <0.001 |
| | Current employment | No | 93.05 (92.29–93.74) | 44.44 (43.04–45.85) | 41.72 (40.33–43.13) | 49.98 (48.57–51.40) | 43.54 (42.14–44.95) | | Yes | 61.33 (60.06–62.58) | 34.74 (33.52–35.98) | 44.29 (43.01–45.58) | 32.74 (31.53–33.96) | 33.12 (31.91–34.35) | | value | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.008 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| | Total | 75.75 (74.92–76.56) | 39.15 (38.22–40.09) | 43.12 (42.18–44.07) | 40.57 (39.64–41.52) | 37.86 (36.93–38.79) |
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