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Table 2 Prevalence of individual components of the metabolic syndrome based on International Diabetes Federation guidelines in southern Chinese aged 20 years or above

From: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk factors in adults in southern China

  

Male

Female

p

Central obesity

Urban

16.58 (13.51, 19.65)

25.50 (15.94, 35.07)

0.003

 

Rural

6.56 (3.90, 9.22)

15.35 (12.66, 18.05)

< 0.001

 

p

< 0.001

0.008

 

Hypertension

Urban

40.45 (32.81, 48.09)

31.52 (25.20, 37.83)

< 0.001

 

Rural

27.26 (19.82, 34.70)

24.62 (15.19, 34.05)

0.16

 

p

0.006

0.19

 

hypertriglyceridaemia

Urban

24.52 (18.16, 30.88)

17.37 (9.46, 25.29)

0.006

 

Rural

8.92 (7.06, 10.77)

5.61 (4.90, 6.33)

< 0.001

 

p

< 0.001

< 0.001

 

Low HDL-cholesterol

Urban

25.22 (12.88, 37.57)

40.89 (35.27, 46.51)

0.002

 

Rural

16.04 (11.03, 21.05)

40.40 (28.96, 51.85)

< 0.001

 

p

0.088

0.93

 

Hyperglycaemia:

Urban

14.36 (10.95, 17.78)

13.55 (10.75, 16.35)

0.56

 

Rural

9.52 (2.37, 16.65)

7.26 (2.93, 11.59)

0.053

 

p

0.2273

0.0222

 

MetSyn

Urban

8.56 (7.82, 9.30)

12.18 (9.25, 15.11)

< 0.001

 

Rural

2.45 (1.12, 3.79)

5.94 (2.95, 8.92)

0.005

 

p

< 0.001

0.003

 

Total MetSyn in the whole population

 

5.27 (4.19, 6.39)

8.99 (6.84, 11.14)

0.036