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Table 5 The pooled prevalence of MetS and components in the general population

From: Metabolic syndrome among children and adolescents in low and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Variables

Characteristics

# included articles

Pooled prevalence (95%, CI)

Heterogeneity (I2 (%), P-value)

Model

Diagnostic Criteria

IDF

30

3.98 (3.35,4.61)

97.8, P ≤ 0.001

REM

ATP III

33

6.71 (5.51, 7.91)

96.7, P ≤ 0.001

REM

de F

8

8.19 (5.58, 10.79)

96.2, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Gender distribution of MetS (IDF)

Male

20

3.46 (2.69, 4.23)

96.7, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Female

20

2.99 (2.34, 3.65)

95.6, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Gender distribution of MetS (ATPIII)

Male

24

6.24 (4.89, 7.59)

93.9, P < 0.001

REM

Female

26

6.51(4.99, 8.03)

95.8, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Gender distribution of MetS (deF.)

Male

7

8.78 (5.45, 12.12)

94.3, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Female

7

8.51 (5.21, 11.75)

93.7, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Study Population (IDF)

Overweight & Obese

11

1.48 (0.94, 2.01)

87.8, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Othersa

12

0.58 (0.33, 0.82)

93.2, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Study Population (ATP III)

Overweight & Obese

18

4.66 (3.49, 5.83)

95.7, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Others

19

2.31 (1.53, 2.72)

95.7, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Study Population (de F.)

Overweight & Obese

4

3.95 (1.82, 6.08)

93.3, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Othersa

4

3.20 (0.78, 5.62)

96.4, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Components MetS (IDF)

Abdominal obesity

25

18.85 (16.39, 21.31)

98.9, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Low HDL-C

25

27.93 (21.91, 33.96)

99.8, P ≤ 0.001

REM

High TG

26

11.09 (9.13, 13.05)

99.3, P ≤ 0.001

REM

High FG

26

7.78 (6.40, 9.15)

99.0, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Elevated BP

25

8.76 (7.22, 10.29)

99.1, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Components MetS (ATP III)

Abdominal obesity

18

4.66 (3.49, 5.83)

95.7, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Low HDL-C

28

31.30 (23.89, 38.72)

99.7, P ≤ 0.001

REM

High TG

28

21.05 (16.63,25.48)

99.4, P ≤ 0.001

REM

High FG

28

6.08 (5.02, 7.15)

98.7, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Elevated BP

27

12.27 (9.39, 15.16)

99.1, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Components MetS (de F.)

Abdominal obesity

7

22.65 (14.01, 31.39)

99.3, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Low HDL-C

6

45.83 (34.53, 57.14)

99.1 P ≤ 0.001

REM

High TG

7

17.4 (12.24, 21.84)

97.3 P ≤ 0.001

REM

High FG

7

2.12 (1.15, 3.08)

94.7, P ≤ 0.001

REM

Elevated BP

7

12.86 (7.11, 18.61)

98.7, P ≤ 0.001

REM

  1. aOthers: underweight and normal weight, REM, Random Effect Model; de F., de Ferranti