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Table 2 Prevalence of metabolic syndrome components according to Framingham risk score (FRS)

From: Framingham risk score for estimation of 10-years of cardiovascular diseases risk in patients with metabolic syndrome

 

N (%)

Low risk

N (%)

Intermediate risk

N (%)

High risk

N (%)

P*

Patients in group

160 (100)

124 (77.5)

26 (16.3)

10 (6.3)

High SBP (mmHg)

125 (78.1)

90 (72)

25 (20)

10(8)

0.007

High DBP (mmHg)

140 (87.5)

112 (80)

22 (15.7)

6 (4.3)

0.04

High WC (cm)

118 (73.8)

93 (78.8)

19 (16.1)

6 (5.1)

0.018

High FSG (mg/dl)

16 (10)

7 (43.8)

6 (37.5)

3 (18.8)

0.002

High Serum TG (mg/dl)

107 (66.9)

81 (75.7)

17 (15.9)

9 (8.4)

0.276

Low Serum HDL (mg/dl)

114 (71.3)

87 (76.3)

19 (16.7)

8 (7)

0.582

  1. SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; WC, waist circumference; FSG, fasting serum glucose; TG, triglyceride; HDL, high density lipoprotein concentrations. Italic digits provide significant values
  2. *Chi-square test was used for comparisons