Research Article
Retrospective Analysis of Metabolic Syndrome: Prevalence and Distribution in Executive Population in Urban Pakistan
Table 1
Age and gender specific prevalence of individual components of MetS among 1329 participants.
| (a) Total population |
| | Parameter | Total population | Men only
| Women only
| value | | | |
| | Age* | 47.6 ()* | 936 (70.5) | 393 (29.5) | 0.13 | | % BMI: ≥ 25 kg/m2 | 934 (70.3) | 654 (70.0) | 280 (30.0) | 0.61 | | % raised triglycerides | 532 (41.6) | 399 (75.0) | 133 (25.0) | 0.02 | | % reduced HDL cholesterol | 715 (58.7) | 478 (66.9) | 237 (33.1) | <0.001 | | % raised blood pressure | 729 (54.9) | 536 (73.5) | 193 (26.5) | 0.006 | | % raised plasma fasting glucose | 834 (63.4) | 624 (74.8) | 210 (25.2) | <0.001 |
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*Mean (standard deviation), : number (percentage).
-value: difference in males and females, significance at <0.05.
BMI: 25 kg/m2.
Raised triglycerides: ≥150 mg/dL (1.69 mmol/L).
Reduced HDL cholesterol: <40 mg/dL (1.04 mmol/L) in men, <50 mg/dL (1.29 mmol/L) in women.
Raised blood pressure: ≥130/85 mm Hg.
Raised plasma fasting glucose: ≥100 mg/dL (≥6.1 mmol/L).
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| (b) Age less than 40 years |
| | Parameter | Total population | Men only
| Women only
| -value | | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | Age < 40 years | 323 (24.3) | 222 (68.7) | 101 (31.3) | 0.44 | | BMI 25 kg/m2 | 218 (67.5) | 157 (72.0) | 61 (28.0) | 0.04 | | Raised triglycerides | 109 (34.8) | 131 (75.2) | 73 (24.8) | 0.03 | Reduced HDL cholesterol
| 195 (63.7) | 128 (65.6) | 67 (34.4) | 0.04 | | Raised blood pressure | 127 (39.3) | 105 (82.7) | 22(17.3) | <0.001 | | Raised plasma fasting glucose | 135 (42.2) | 108 (80.0) | 27 (20.0) | <0.001 |
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: number (percentage).
-value: difference in males and females, significance at <0.05.
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| (c) Age more than 40 years |
| | Parameter | Total population | Men only
| Women only
| -value | | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | Age > 40 years | 1006 (75.7) | 714 (71.0) | 292 (29.0) | 0.44 | | % BMI: 25 kg/m2 | 716 (71.2) | 497 (69.4) | 219 (30.6) | 0.05 | | % Raised triglycerides | 423 (43.8) | 317 (74.9) | 106 (25.1) | 0.02 | % Reduced HDL cholesterol
| 520 (57.0) | 350 (67.3) | 170 (32.7) | <0.001 | | % Raised blood pressure | 602 (59.8) | 431 (71.6) | 171 (28.4) | 0.59 | | % Raised plasma fasting glucose | 699 (70.2) | 516 (73.8) | 183 (26.2) | 0.002 |
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: number (percentage).
-value: difference in males and females, significance at <0.05.
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