Table 1 Distribution (%) of the studied variables by gender in both populations
From: Social class and metabolic syndrome in populations from Tunisia and Spain
Tunisian (n = 393) | Canarian (n = 6729) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men (n = 174) | Women (n = 219) | P | Men (n = 2913) | Women (n = 3816) | P | |
MS | 38.5 | 50.0 | 0.031 | 31.8 | 29.0 | 0.011 |
Abdominal obesity | 47.1 | 92.7 | <0.001 | 53.2 | 65.3 | <0.001 |
Hyperglycemia | 6.9 | 6.8 | 0.985 | 6.3 | 3.0 | <0.001 |
Hypertriglyceridemia | 32.7 | 32.4 | 0.943 | 32.1 | 18.5 | <0.001 |
Low HDL-c | 76.7 | 82.5 | 0.227 | 28.8 | 38.1 | <0.001 |
Hypertension | 59.6 | 42.7 | 0.001 | 58.5 | 44.2 | <0.001 |
Age ≤34 years | 17.2 | 17.4 | 0.003 | 28.7 | 29.4 | 0.816 |
Age 35–64 years | 51.1 | 65.3 | 68.3 | 67.6 | ||
Age ≥65 years | 31.6 | 17.4 | 3.1 | 3.0 | ||
ICE1 | 26.1 | 25.2 | 0.606 | 25.4 | 20.3 | <0.001 |
ICE2 | 18.1 | 17.2 | 22.9 | 26.1 | ||
ICE3 | 20.3 | 17.8 | 15.7 | 18.6 | ||
ICE4 | 21.7 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 19.2 | ||
ICE5 | 13.8 | 20.9 | 15.5 | 15.8 | ||