Table 2 Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in health professionals, according to age group

Metabolic syndrome, % (CI 95%)

1.3 (−0.5-3.2)

5.6 (−0.8-11.9)

26.3 (4.5-48.1)

<0.01

Metabolic syndrome components, % (CI 95%)

Abdominal obesity

15.2 (9.4-21.0)

34.5 (21.6-47.5)

70.0 (48.0-92.0)

<0.01

Hypertriglyceridemia

9.9 (5.1-14.8)

13.0 (3.7-22.2)

21.1 (0.9-41.2)

0.339

Low HDL-c

15.9 (10.0-21.8)

22.2 (10.8-33.7)

36.8 (13.0-60.7)

0.074

High blood pressure

7.3 (3.1-11.5)

11.1 (2.5-19.8)

20.0 (0.8-39.2)

0.162

High fasting plasma glucose

5.3 (1.7-8.9)

9.3 (1.3-17.2)

15.8 (−2.3-33.9)

<0.01