Table 3 Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and metabolic syndrome groups according to sociodemographic characteristics

Sex

Women^a

1,716

50.4(47.5,53.3)

38.5(34.5,42.6)

51.5(47.3,55.8)

7.8(5.9,10.2)

2.2(1.4,3.4)

Men

991

49.4(45.9,52.8)

43.5(38.9,48.2)

39.2(34.7,44.0)^a

13.1(10.3,16.5)^a

4.1(2.5,6.8)

Age

20-29^a

295

27.1(22.9,31.8)^b,c,d,e

45.4(35.6,55.5)

47.0(37.6,56.6)

4.4(2.2,8.7)^d,e

3.3(0.6,16.1)

30-39^b

633

44.5(40.5,48.6)^a,c,d,e

43.2(36.8,49.8)^e

44.8(38.5,51.2)

10.6(6.8,16.0)

1.5(0.8,2.9)

40-49^c

638

62.0(57.2,66.6)^a,b

41.7(35.5,48.2)

48.0(41.7,54.4)^d

7.7(5.6,10.6)^d

2.6(1.6,4.1)

50-59^d

509

70.0(64.9,74.7)^a,b

44.4(38.2,50.7)^e

36.1(30.6,42.1)^c,e

16.2(12.1,21.3)^a,c

3.3(1.9,5.6)

≥60^e

632

70.3(66.2,74.0)^a,b

30.3(25.4,35.7)^b,d

52.9(46.6,59.1)^d

11.7(8.2,16.4)^a

5.1(3.1,8.2)

Area

Rural^a

774

45.1(41.2,49.1)

35.5(30.2,41.1)

55.7(50.2,61.1)

6.8(4.9,9.6)

2.0(1.2,3.2)

Urban

1,933

51.2(48.4,54.0)^a

42.0(38.2,45.9)

43.7(39.7,47.8)^a

11.0(8.9,13.4)^a

3.3(2.2,4.9)

Region

North^a

714

50.7(47.3,54.2)

35.8(30.2,41.9)

49.8(43.8,55.8)^c

9.6(6.5,13.8)^c

4.8(3.2,7.1)^d

Center^b

937

50.2(45.6,54.8)

43.1(37.2,49.3)

44.9(39.0,50.9)^c,d

8.5(6.2,11.7)^c

3.5(1.8,6.5)

Mexico City^c

97

56.4(44.9,67.2)

57.9(48.0,67.3)^d

10.5(5.4,19.3)^a,b,d

29.5(20.7,40.2)^a,b,d

2.1(0.3,11.7)

South^d

959

47.3(44.3,50.3)

35.7(31.2,40.4)^c

55.9(51.0,60.7)^b,c

6.9(5.2,9.1)^c

1.5(0.9,2.7)^a

Socioeconomic Level

Low^a

1,056

48.5(45.1,51.9)

38.3(33.7,43.1)

51.6(46.6,56.5)^c

8.1(6.0,10.7)

2.0(1.3,3.2)

Middle^b

961

51.3(48.0,54.7)

42.5(37.4,47.7)

45.1(40.2,50.1)

10.5(7.9,13.9)

1.9(1.2,3.0)

High^c

682

50.3(45.5,55.2)

41.0(34.9,47.4)

42.1(36.1,48.4)^a

11.5(8.2,15.9)

5.3(3.0,9.1)

Eduaction Level

Less than elementary school^a

1,739

57.4(54.7,60.1)

37.7(33.8,41.7)

49.3(45.2,53.3)

9.9(8.0,12.2)

3.2(2.3,4.4)

Elementary school or higher

965

42.9(39.5,46.4)^a

44.8(39.3,50.3)

41.7(36.4,47.3)

10.5(7.8,14.1)

3.0(1.5,6.0)

Diabetes previously diagnosed

677

79.7(75.2,83.5)

35.9(30.5,41.6)

49.0(43.0,55.0)

11.1(7.8,15.4)

4.0(2.4,6.6)

Hypertension previously diagnosed

332

89.0(82.3,93.4)

38.5(30.7,46.9)

50.5(41.7,59.3)

9.1(5.6,14.4)

1.9(0.9,3.9)

Hypertriglyceridemia previously diagnosed

175

76.3(67.2,83.4)

42.8(33.1,53.2)

38.5(28.6,49.4)

15.5(8.7,26.1)

3.2(1.1,8.7)

Body Mass Index Category (Kg/m ² )

18.5 – 24.9^a

348

23.8(20.2,27.9)^b,c

46.0(37.5,54.8)

40.6(33.4,48.3)

10.3(6.9,15.0)

3.2(1.2,7.7)

25 – 29.9^b

1,122

54.2(50.6,57.7)^a,c

40.8(36.2,45.5)

45.2(40.3,50.2)

10.7(8.2,14.0)

3.3(1.7,6.2)

≥ 30^c

1,203

73.9(70.7,76.9)^a,b

38.4(33.6,43.4)

49.2(44.3,54.2)

9.6(7.3,12.6)

2.8(1.9,3.9)