Table 4 Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among all participants (N = 1014) and among the overweight/obese group (N = 258)

Total

2.6 (1.6-3.5)

97.4 (96.4-98.4)

10.0 (6.4-13.8)

90.0 (86.2-93.6)

Gender

  Male (N = 387)

  Female (N = 627)

3.4 (1.6-5.2)

2.1 (0.9-3.2)

96.6 (94.8-98.4)

97.9 (96.8-99.1)

11.9 (5.7-18.1)

8.7 (4.1-13.3)

88.1 (81.9-94.3)

91.3 (86.7-95.9)

Ethnicity

  Malay (N = 848)

  Chinese (N = 89)

  Indian (N = 49)

  Others (N = 28)

2.6 (1.5-3.7)

3.4 (-0.5-7.2)

0

3.6 (-3.8-10.9)

97.4(96.3-98.5)

96.6 (92.8-100.4)

100

96.4 (89.1-103.8)

10.3 (6.2-14.5)

10.7 (0.2-22.9)

0

16.7 (0-59.5)

89.7 (85.6-93.8)

89.3 (77.0-101.5)

100

83.3 (40.5-126.2)

Location

  Urban (N = 545)

  Rural (N = 469)

2.6 (1.2-3.9)

2.6 (1.1-3.9)

97.4 (96.1-98.8)

97.4 (96.0-98.9)

9.6 (4.8-14.4)

10.7 (4.9-16.5)

90.4 (85.6-95.2)

89.3 (83.5-95.1)