Table 4 Prevalence of metabolic syndrome according to continent, type of definition and type of population (n=28).
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome by subgroups and sex (%) | ||||||||
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Overall prevalence for each component of the metabolic syndrome | Sex | Continent | Type of definition | Type of population | ||||
America (%) | Asia (%) | IDF (%) | NCEP-ATP III (%) | Another (%) | Resident (%) | Native (%) | ||
Abdominal perimeter = 43.5% | Male | 13.90 | 32.50 | 27.60 | 15.40 | 34.90 | 24.50 | 19.90 |
Female | 43.80 | 51.70 | 54.20 | 51.10 | 28.00 | 49.00 | 46.30 | |
Blood pressure = 28.4% | Male | 12.90 | 31.70 | 29.30 | 8.30 | 31.10 | 16.50 | 26.90 |
Female | 8.30 | 32.00 | 22.40 | 6.30 | 26.40 | 11.60 | 27.90 | |
High level of trigliceridos = 22.3% | Male | 43.70 | 11.30 | 36.40 | 31.10 | 7.90 | 35.00 | 20.90 |
Female | 29.50 | 9.10 | 17.80 | 28.10 | 14.50 | 20.50 | 21.00 | |
Low HDL = 43.0% | Male | 38.90 | 25.80 | 36.30 | 40.90 | 5.10 | 55.80 | 2.80 |
Female | 54.60 | 38.00 | 48.50 | 53.30 | 34.60 | 61.60 | 26.10 | |
Alteration of blood glucose = 13.2% | Male | 3.10 | 22.20 | 14.20 | 4.00 | 7.30 | 2.10 | 21.60 |
Female | 3.50 | 23.70 | 15.50 | 3.70 | 5.40 | 3.00 | 20.30 | |
