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Table 2 Prevalence of the individual components of the metabolic syndrome and the syndrome itself by gender and gait speed impairment status, NHANES 1999–2002

From: Association between the metabolic syndrome and its components and gait speed among U.S. adults aged 50 years and older: a cross-sectional analysis

 

Men

Women

 

Gait speed impairment

  

Gait speed impairment

  

Metabolic disorder

Yes (N = 332) % ± SE

No (N = 503) % ± SE

P value

Age-adjusted P valuea

Yes (N = 144) % ± SE

No (N = 706) % ± SE

P Value

Age-Adjusted P valuea

Abdominal obesity

48.0 ± 3.4

53.4 ± 3.2

0.3128

0.5148

64.7 ± 5.2

67.8 ± 2.4

0.5827

0.2839

Hypertriglyceridemia

37.3 ± 3.5

42.8 ± 3.2

0.2035

0.6853

44.8 ± 5.1

42.5 ± 1.8

0.6813

0.3650

Low HDL cholesterol

31.7 ± 2.9

31.9 ± 2.2

0.9603

0.8271

44.2 ± 4.8

32.4 ± 2.3

0.0609

0.0001

High blood pressure or medication use

71.3 ± 3.8

59.6 ± 2.5

0.0182

0.2101

84.9 ± 4.3

68.6 ± 2.4

0.0035

0.1140

High fasting glucose or medication use

37.9 ± 2.4

31.7 ± 2.5

0.1333

0.3211

38.3 ± 4.6

20.4 ± 1.8

0.0005

0.0006

Metabolic syndrome

42.6 ± 2.7

39.2 ± 2.8

0.4330

0.4581

53.0 ± 5.2

44.5 ± 2.0

0.1166

0.0039

  1. NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; SE, standard error; HDL, high-density lipoprotein.
  2. aAge-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population.