Clinical Study
Obesity Index That Better Predict Metabolic Syndrome: Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, Waist Hip Ratio, or Waist Height Ratio
Table 1
Demographic and lifestyle habits of the study sample in Qatar (
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| | Variables |
Total
| ATPIII | value | IDF | value | MetS(+)
| MetS(−)
| MetS(+)
| MetS(−)
| | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | Age (mean ± SD) | 42.66 ± 11.1 | 45.93 ± 10.03 | 41.50 ± 11.30 | <0.001 | 42.89 ± 10.73 | 42.52 ± 11.41 | 0.534 | | Age groups (years) | | | | | | | | | <35 | 411 (26.5) | 359 (31.3) | 52 (12.8) | <0.001 | 137 (24.0) | 274 (28.0) | 0.239 | | 35–44.9 | 461 (29.7) | 333 (29.1) | 128 (31.5) | 177 (30.9) | 284 (29.0) | | 45–54.9 | 455 (29.3) | 314 (27.4) | 141 (34.7) | 182 (31.8) | 273 (27.9) | | 55–64.9 | 175 (11.3) | 102 (8.9) | 73 (18.0) | 59 (10.3) | 116 (11.8) | | 65 and above | 50 (3.2) | 38 (3.3) | 12 (3.0) | 17 (3.0) | 33 (3.4) | | Male gender | 758 (48.8) | 174 (42.9) | 584 (51.0) | 0.005 | 274 (47.9) | 484 (49.4) | 0.572 | | Education level | | | | | | | | | <Secondary | 863 (55.6) | 259 (63.8) | 604 (52.7) | <0.001 | 358 (62.6) | 505 (51.5) | 0.001 | | ≥Secondary | 689 (44.4) | 147 (36.2) | 542 (47.3) | 214 (37.4) | 475 (48.5) | | Occupation | | | | | | | | | Retired/not working/HW* | 643 (41.4) | 191 (47.0) | 452 (39.4) | 0.024 | 241 (42.1) | 402 (41.0) | 0.911 | | Professional | 756 (48.7) | 176 (43.3) | 580 (50.6) | 275 (48.1) | 481 (49.1) | | Manual worker | 153 (9.9) | 39 (9.6) | 114 (9.9) | 56 (9.8) | 97 (9.9) | | Type of residence | | | | | | | | | Shabia | 517 (33.1) | 121 (29.8) | 396 (34.6) | 0.130 | 178 (31.1) | 339 (34.6) | 0.346 | | Villa | 909 (58.8) | 255 (62.8) | 654 (57.1) | 344 (60.1) | 565 (57.7) | | Apartment | 126 (8.1) | 30 (7.4) | 96 (8.4) | 50 (8.7) | 76 (7.8) | | Marital status | | | | | | | | | Married | 934 (60.2) | 241 (59.4) | 693 (60.5) | 0.694 | 360 (62.9) | 574 (58.6) | 0.090 | | Single | 618 (39.8) | 165 (40.6) | 453 (39.5) | 212 (37.1) | 406 (41.4) | | Fast food consumption | 518 (33.4) | 164 (40.4) | 354 (30.9) | <0.001 | 217 (37.9) | 301 (30.7) | 0.004 | | Physical activity | 422 (27.2) | 86 (21.2) | 336 (29.3) | 0.002 | 134 (23.4) | 288 (29.4) | 0.011 | | Smoking status | | | | | | | | | Never smoke | 1246 (80.3) | 332 (81.8) | 914 (79.8) | 0.337 | 459 (80.2) | 787 (80.3) | 0.145 | | Past smoker | 147 (9.5) | 31 (7.6) | 116 (10.1) | 46 (8.0) | 101 (10.3) | | Current smoker | 159 (10.2) | 43 (10.6) | 116 (10.1) | 67 (11.7) | 92 (9.4) | | Avg. number of years smoked | 13.25 ± 9.53 | 13.28 ± 11.60 | 13.24 ± 8.86 | 0.984 | 12.99 ± 8.70 | 13.71 ± 10.89 | 0.624 | | No. of cigarettes smoke/day (mean ± SD) | 19.63 ± 13.01 | 22.44 ± 12.71 | 18.81 ± 13.02 | 0.099 | 18.93 ± 13.38 | 20.03 ± 12.83 | 0.567 | | Sheesha smoking | 332 (21.4) | 83 (20.4) | 249 (21.7) | 0.588 | 135 (23.6) | 197 (20.1) | 0.105 |
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*HW: housewife.
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