Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome among Working Adults in Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population.

Characteristic	Men	Women	P value
	𝑁=1,171	𝑁=764
	%	%
Age (years)
≤24	17.5	22.2	<.001
25–34	38.0	31.5
35–44	16.4	17.2
45–54	17.5	22.3
≥55	10.5	6.8
Education
≤High school	4.0	6.2	<.001
Technical school	4.1	16.1
≥ Bachelors	91.9	77.7
Smoking status
Never smoker	78.9	99.2	<.001
Pervious smoker	14.0	0.7
Current smoker	7.1	0.1
Religion
Orthodox	79.0	80.6	<.001
Muslim	5.2	2.60
Protestant	14.7	16.4
Other	1.1	0.4
Alcohol consumption in past year
Less than once a month	65.5	95.4	<.001
1–4 days a week	29.7	3.3
5-6 days a week	2.8	0.7
Daily	2.1	0.7
Khat chewing
No	86.3	99.3	<.001
Yes	13.7	0.7
Self-reported health status
Poor/Fair	35.8	41.8	<.001
Excellent	64.2	58.2