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Table 2 Prevalence of the MS by age group and age standardized prevalence

From: Metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetes: comparative prevalence according to two sets of diagnostic criteria in sub-Saharan Africans

 

IDF criteria

NCEP-ATP III criteria

Age groups

Men

Women

P

Total

Men

Women

P

Total

<45

11 (52%)

9 (60%)

0.65

20 (56%)

9 (43%)

9 (60%)

0.31

18 (50%)

45-54

31 (62%)

47 (89%)

0.002

78 (76%)

24 (48%)

43 (81%)

<0.001

67 (65%)

55-64

31 (54%)

37 (84%)

0.002

68 (67%)

22 (39%)

34 (77%)

<0.001

56 (55%)

> = 65

18 (62%)

37 (95%)

0.001

55 (81%)

12 (41%)

33 (85%)

<0.001

45 (66%)

Totala

91 (58%)

130 (86.1%)

<0.001

221 (71.7%)

67 (42.7%)

119 (78.8%)

<0.001

186 (60.4%)

Totalb

55.7%

72.1%

 

64.5%

43.1%

68.1%

 

55.6%

Pc

0.78

0.02

 

0.03

0.80

0.28

 

0.21

  1. a crude prevalence.
  2. b age standardized prevalence.
  3. c p-value for the difference by age group within a subgroup.