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Table 2 Prevalence* and 95% confidence interval of specific components of the metabolic syndrome in population with metabolic syndrome

From: Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in Latin America and its association with sub-clinical carotid atherosclerosis: the CARMELA cross sectional study

 

Abdominal obesity >102 cm in men or >88 cm in women

Triglycerides ≥ 1.70 mmol/l (150 mg/dL)

HDL-C <1.03 mmol/l (40 mg/dL) in men or <1.29 mmol/l (50 mg/dL) in women

Blood pressure ≥ 130/85 mm Hg or treatment

Glucose abnormalities†

Overall

76.3 (74.0-78.6)

85.9 (84.3-87.6)

85.6 (83.8-87.4)

60.1 (57.7-62.5)

31.2 (28.9-33.2)

   Men

61.3 (57.2-65.5)

90.2 (88.2-92.1)

82.7 (80.2-85.2)

68.0 (64.7-71.3)

32.6 (29.5-35.7)

   Women

88.1 (86.2-90.0)

82.6 (80.2-85.0)

87.9 (85.9-90.0)

53.8 (50.8-56.9)

30.1 (27.1-33.0)

Barquisimeto

     

   Men

56.6 (49.1-64.1)

90.3 (85.9-94.8)

92.9 (89.6-96.2)

82.2 (76.7-87.8)

23.1 (17.4-28.8)

   Women

84.0 (79.6-88.3)

78.7 (73.9-83.5)

96.4 (94.8-98.0)

63.6 (57.3-69.9)

19.4 (15.5-23.3)

Bogota

     

   Men

45.8 (35.6-56.1)

92.1 (87.5-96.8)

92.9 (89.1-96.8)

57.6 (48.8-66.3)

40.6 (32.1-49.2)

   Women

86.0 (81.5-90.5)

83.3 (78.3-88.2)

93.7 (90.2-97.2)

49.8 (42.2-57.4)

28.6 (22.2-34.9)

Buenos Aires

     

   Men

73.1 (65.6-80.5)

77.5 (71.1-84.0)

67.7 (60.2-75.2)

93.2 (89.5-96.8)

31.8 (24.0-39.7)

   Women

88.9 (82.9-94.9)

65.4 (56.7-74.0)

79.9 (72.4-87.3)

77.3 (68.3-86.4)

31.1 (21.3-40.9)

Lima

     

   Men

55.3 (46.5-64.2)

87.3 (81.8-92.7)

93.4 (89.0-97.7)

70.5 (62.9-78.0)

30.7 (22.0-39.5)

   Women

80.8 (75.2-86.3)

82.6 (76.9-88.4)

97.9 (95.8-100.0)

51.7 (44.3-59.1)

24.0 (18.6-29.3)

Mexico City

     

   Men

72.7 (65.9-79.5)

93.0 (89.7-96.3)

78.0 (73.7-83.9)

58.3 (52.8-63.7)

30.4 (24.5-36.2)

   Women

93.1 (90.6-95.5)

85.7 (80.0-91.3)

77.7 (73.2-82.1)

52.8 (47.3-58.2)

35.2 (27.9-42.6)

Quito

     

   Men

48.8 (36.3-61.4)

97.9 (94.8-101.0)

83.9 (75.8-92.1)

62.3 (48.1-76.5)

33.4 (22.5-44.3)

   Women

90.1 (85.5-94.7)

83.3 (79.0-87.7)

92.0 (88.9-95.1)

37.0 (28.7-45.2)

32.6 (26.1-39.1)

Santiago

     

   Men

60.7 (51.9-69.5)

93.0 (89.6-96.3)

73.5 (66.4-80.7)

76.6 (69.1-84.0)

31.4 (24.9-37.9)

   Women

90.6 (86.7-94.4)

82.9 (77.6-88.2)

86.6 (81.9-91.2)

57.1 (50.6-63.6)

31.1 (24.1-38.1)

  1. *Prevalence among participants with metabolic syndrome, with or without previously diagnosed diabetes mellitus.
  2. †Participants with fasting plasma glucose >6.11 mmol/l (110 mg/dL) or previous diagnosis of diabetes mellitus.
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