Table 7 Prevalence of Risk Factors by Age and Sex

Metabolic syndrome

(NCEP criteria)

F

38.2

32.3, 44.1

46.3

40.1, 52.6

37.3

30.6, 44.0

35.7

30.1, 41.2

39.3

36.3, 42.4

MV³ = 30

M

23.3

16.0, 30.6

26.2

18.6, 33.7

15.3

7.6, 23.0

15.5

8.9, 22.1

20.7

16.9, 24.4

Metabolic syndrome components

Triglyceride > 150 mg/dl

F

24.5

19.3, 29.7

24.5

19.1, 29.9

14.4

9.5, 19.3

19.4

14.8, 24.0

21.0

18.5, 23.6

MV = 31

M

19.4

12.5, 26.2

16.2

9.8, 22.5

18.8

10.5, 27.1

10.3

4.8, 15.9

16.1

12.7, 19.4

Total cholesterol > = 5.2 mmol

F

49.4

43.4, 55.5

48.2

41.9, 54.5

47.8

40.8, 54.7

41.0

35.3, 46.7

46.3

43.2, 49.5

MV = 31

M

35.7

27.4, 43.9

36.9

28.6, 45.2

28.2

18.7, 37.8

22.4

14.8, 30.0

31.3

27.0, 35.6

Waist circumference; Men > 40 inches, Women > 35 inches

F

62.8

57.0, 68.7

64.1

58.0, 70.2

58.2

51.3, 65.0

56.5

50.8, 62.3

60.4

57.4, 63.4

MV = 25

M

19.4

12.5, 26.2

20.0

13.1, 26.9

18.8

10.5, 27.1

23.3

15.6, 31.0

20.4

16.7, 24.1

Blood pressure

> = 130/85 mmHg

F

59.2

53.2, 65.1

69.1

63.3, 74.9

70.1

63.8, 76.5

68.4

63.0, 73.9

66.4

63.5, 69.4

MV = 20

M

71.9

64.1, 79.7

77.7

70.5, 84.9

64.7

54.5, 74.9

67.2

58.7, 75.8

71.0

66.9, 75.2

Fasting glucose

> 110 mg/dl

F

26.0

20.6, 31.3

28.5

22.8, 34.1

30.3

24.0, 36.7

27.0

21.7, 32.1

27.7

24.9, 30.5

MV = 32

M

28.1

20.3, 35.9

27.7

20.0, 35.4

27.1

17.6, 36.5

18.1

11.1, 25.1

25.3

21.3, 29.2

Other risk factors

Limited exercise (no walks of > 0.5 km in last month)

F

30.1

25.2, 35.0

36.8

31.5, 42.1

35.6

29.8, 41.4

64.9

60.1, 69.7

43.1

40.4, 45.8

MV = 12

M

17.6

12.1, 23.0

24.5

18.5, 30.5

27.3

19.6, 35.1

35.9

28.7, 43.2

25.9

22.6, 29.2

Smoking

(> 20 pack years)

F

11.0

7.6, 14.4

10.3

6.8, 13.8

11.8

7.8, 15.7

8.3

5.5, 11.1

10.2

8.5, 11.9

MV = 114

M

35.5

28.6, 42.4

33.0

26.3, 39.7

29.2

21.0, 37.3

28.9

21.9, 35.9

32.0

28.4, 35.6