Prevalence of Hypertension, Obesity, Diabetes, and Metabolic Syndrome in Nepal

Table 4

Demographic details and prevalence of metabolic syndrome and other risks.

		Disease prevalence in participant category
		Obesity/overweight	Diabetes	Hypertension	MS—NCEP criteria	MS—IDF criteria
Gender	Male	59.1%	8.1%	40.7%	18.6%	17.1%
		𝑛=3146/5327	𝑛=429/5326	𝑛=2164/5327	𝑛=150/805	𝑛=138/805
	Female	61.8%	5.3%	30.0%	21.9%	25.7%
		𝑛=5360/8680	𝑛=460/8682	𝑛=2603/8679	𝑛=304/1386	𝑛=356/1386
Age group	20–40 Years	55.5%	1.9%	19.6%	9.8%	13.1%
		𝑛=4293/7727	𝑛=140/7519	𝑛=1514/726	𝑛=110/1124	𝑛=147/1124
	41–60 Years	70.5%	10.2%	46.1%	31.4%	34.7%
		𝑛=3440/4880	𝑛=480/4727	𝑛=2252/4880	𝑛=256/815	𝑛=283/815
	61–80 Years	56.7%	15.4%	62%	34.8%	25.1%
		𝑛=973/1716	𝑛=257/1664	𝑛=1064/1726	𝑛=86/247	𝑛=62/247
	80–100 Years	48%	12.2%	64%	40%	40%
		𝑛=48/100	𝑛=12/98	𝑛=64/100	𝑛=2/5	𝑛=2/5
Level of education	Higher Secondary	59.9%	5.1%	27.2%	13.3%	15.8%
		𝑛=2775/4634	238/4634	𝑛=1262/4633	𝑛=117/880	139/880
	Secondary	64.1%	5.3%	27.8%	19.2%	22.2%
		𝑛=1972/3098	𝑛=163/3079	𝑛=857/3078	𝑛=69/360	80/360
	Primary	63.9%	8.3%	38.3%	22.7%	25.5%
		𝑛=1337/2092	𝑛=174/2092	𝑛=802/2092	90/396	101/396
	None	57.6%	7.5%	44.0%	32.1%	31.4%
		𝑛=2419/4197	𝑛=314/4197	𝑛=1847/4197	𝑛=178/555	174/555
Work category	Labour	56.5%	5.3%	35.4%	17.9%	17%
		𝑛=1015/1797	𝑛=96/1997	𝑛=636/1797	𝑛=40/224	𝑛=38/224
	Office	69.3%	7.8%	34.7%	16%	21.5%
		𝑛=1448/2089	𝑛=162/2090	𝑛=724/2089	𝑛=58/362	𝑛=78/362
	House	69.3%	6.3%	34%	23.9%	25.1%
		𝑛=1448/2089	𝑛=506/7976	𝑛=2712/7975	𝑛=303/1269	𝑛=318/1269
	None	50.2%	5.8%	32.6%	15.8%	17.5%
		𝑛=1064/2118	𝑛=122/2118	𝑛=690/2118	𝑛=53/336	𝑛=60/336
Physical activity	>60 min/day	62%	5.2%	29.6%	22.3%	24.2%
		𝑛=3215/5188	𝑛=270/5190	𝑛=1535/5187	𝑛=79/355	𝑛=86/355
	30–60 min/day	62.8%	8.2%	37.6%	23.6%	25.0%
		𝑛=2226/3543	𝑛=291/3542	𝑛=1333/3543	𝑛=154/653	𝑛=163/653
	<30 min/day	59.1%	6.9%	36.9%	25.4%	26.3%
		𝑛=1805/3053	𝑛=212/3053	𝑛=1128/3053	𝑛=171/674	𝑛=177/674
	None	56.7%	5.1%	34.8%	9.8%	13.4%
		𝑛=1805/3053	𝑛=114/2215	𝑛=770/2215	𝑛=50/509	𝑛=68/509
Fruits and vegetable in diet	Every day	61.0%	7.4%	32.2%	23.2%	23.5%
		𝑛=2686/4401	𝑛=325/4403	𝑛=1416/4400	𝑛=68/293	𝑛=69/293
	3–5 days/week	61.3%	5.8%	34.0%	20.3%	23.6%
		𝑛=4804/7842	𝑛=451/7841	𝑛=2664/7842	𝑛=326/1604	𝑛=378/1604
	Once/week	58.1%	6.0%	38.3%	21.0%	16.9%
		𝑛=947/1630	𝑛=97/1630	𝑛=637/1630	𝑛=57/272	𝑛=46/272
	None	51.5%	11.9%	41.0%	13.6%	4.5%
		𝑛=69/134	𝑛=16/134	𝑛=55/134	𝑛=3/22	𝑛=1/22