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

Table 5

Identification of the Metabolic Syndrome in Central and South Americans using all combinations of any three criteria.

Criteria	Number of subjects with Metabolic Syndrome
	Male					Female
	Normal	Overweight	Obese	n	P	Normal	Overweight	Obese	n	P
BMI, TG, HDL	0	0	42	42	<0.0001	0	0	88	88	<0.0001
TG, HDL, BP	3	16	14	33	0.20	3	18	29	50	0.0012
TG, HDL, FPG	0	10	13	23	0.006	3	11	22	36	0.0061
HDL, BP, FPG	2	5	11	18	0.006	3	7	14	24	0.014
BMI, HDL, BP	0	0	21	21	0.0001	0	0	47	47	<0.048
BMI, TG, BP	0	0	24	24	<0.0001	0	0	35	35	<0.0001
BMI, TG, FPG	0	0	24	24	<0.0001	0	0	27	27	<0.0001
BMI, FPG, BP	0	0	17	17	<0.0001	0	0	23	23	<0.0001
BMI, FPG, HDL	0	0	18	18	<0.0001	0	0	37	37	<0.0001
TG, FPG, BP	0	10	12	22	0.010	6	9	11	26	0.8510

: men and women, ≥30.0 kg/m²; glucose 100 mg/dl; HDL: men < 40 mg/dl, women < 50 mg/dl; triglyceride ≥ 150 mg/dl; blood pressure ≥ 130/85 mmHg. BMI, Body Mass Index; BP, blood pressure; HDL, high density lipoprotein; TG, triglycerides; FPG, fasting plasma glucose.