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Table 2 Prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors among study participants by gender

From: Significance and agreement between obesity anthropometric measurements and indices in adults: a population-based study from the United Arab Emirates

Variable

Total, N = 3531

Female, n = 910

Male, n = 2621

P value

Diabetes Mellitus (DM)

 No

2916 (82.7)

737 (81.2)

2179 (83.3)

0.144

 Yes

608 (17.3)

171 (18.8)

437 (16.7)

 

Hypertension

 No

2418 (70.5)

712 (81.7)

1706 (66.6)

<  0.0001

 Yes

1014 (29.5)

160 (18.2)

854 (33.4)

 

Hypercholesterolemia

 No

1944 (55.1)

533 (58.6)

1411 (53.8)

0.013

 Yes

1587 (44.9)

377 (41.4)

1210 (46.2)

Hypertriglyceridemia

 No

2296 (65)

711 (78.1)

1585 (60.5)

<  0.0001

 Yes

1234 (35)

199 (21.9)

1035 (39.5)

Low-HDL–C

 No

1350 (38.3)

399 (34)

951 (36.3)

<  0.0001

 Yes

2176 (61.7)

507 (56)

1669 (63.7)

High-LDL–C

 No

1956 (55.4)

585 (64.3)

1371 (52.3)

<  0.0001

 Yes

1575 (44.6)

325 (35.7)

1250 (47.7)

High cholesterol ratio

 No

745 (21.1)

374 (41.2)

371 (14.2)

<  0.0001

 Yes

2781 (78.9)

534 (58.8)

2247 (85.8)

  1. P values in bold are statistically significant. SD = standard deviation; HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol