Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in Central and South American Immigrant Residents of the Washington, DC, Area

Table 3

Prevalence of individual Metabolic Syndrome components among male and female Central and South Americans.

	Number of subjects and % with abnormal MetS components
MetS component	Male		Female
	Number	%	Number	%
High BMI (≥25 kg/m^2)	265	78.4	523	74.9	0.15
High BMI (≥30 kg/m^2)	96	28.4	254	36.1	0.01
High FPG (≥100 mg/dl)	87	25.7	112	15.9	0.04
Low HDL	146	43.2	357	50.7	<0.01
High TG (≥150 mg/dl)	157	46.5	229	32.5	<0.01
HTN (≥130/85 mmHg)	96	28.3	164	23.3	0.51
Overall prevalence of metabolic syndrome	105	31	176	25	0.28

HDL: male < 40 mg/dl, female < 50 mg/dl; BMI, Body Mass Index; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HDL, high density lipoprotein; TG, triglycerides; HTN, hypertension.