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Table 3 Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Iran based on NCEP ATP III criteria

From: Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in Iran: an updated meta-analysis

Criteria

Categories

No. study

Pooled prevalence (% 95 CI)

Heterogeneity assessment between studies

Publication bias assessments

I2

P value

B

SE

P value

NCEP ATP III

Overall

167

28% (26 − 30%)

99.53%

< 0.001

0.13

0.422

0.7546

Sex

Female

110

31% (28 − 34%)

99.34%

< 0.001

-0.89

0.481

0.0646

Male

96

23% (21 − 26%)

99.12%

< 0.001

0.32

0.388

0.4050

Age

< 18

18

9% (6 − 12%)

98.16%

< 0.001

0.13

0.422

0.7546

18–30

5

13% (5 − 22%)

95.42%

< 0.001

30–65

116

32% (30 − 34%)

99.21%

< 0.001

> 65

3

53% (51 − 55%)

 -

 -

Health Status

Healthy/not reported

147

26% (24 − 28%)

99.51%

< 0.001

0.13

0.422

0.7546

Diabetes Mellitus

3

76% (56 − 91%)

 -

 -

PCOS

4

15% (7 − 26%)

88.84%

< 0.001

Other Diseases

13

41% (32 − 50%)

95.11%

< 0.001

Province

Ardabil

1

18% (14 − 22%)

 -

 -

0.13

0.422

0.7546

Bushehr

3

58% (51 − 63%)

 -

 -

Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari

2

31% (30 − 32%)

 -

 -

East Azerbaijan

2

42% (39 − 45%)

 -

 -

Fars

17

30% (27 − 34%)

99.08%

< 0.001

Golestan

6

24% (10 − 40%)

97.54%

< 0.001

Guilan

2

40% (39 − 41%)

 -

 -

Hormozgan

4

30% (26 − 35%)

95.29%

< 0.001

Isfahan

17

26% (19 − 34%)

99.80%

< 0.001

Kerman

6

22% (9 − 39%)

99.70%

< 0.001

Kermanshah

2

35% (30 − 39%)

 -

 -

Khorasan

11

31% (24 − 38%)

99.45%

< 0.001

Khuzestan

5

15% (4 − 31%)

99.80%

< 0.001

Kurdistan

3

28% (20 − 38%)

 -

 -

Markazi

1

22% (21 − 23%)

 -

 -

Mazandaran

10

34% (28 − 39%)

98.57%

< 0.001

Qazvin

6

29% (26 − 32%)

72.32%

< 0.001

Qom

3

50% (23 − 78%)

 -

 -

Semnan

5

25% (18 − 32%)

93.61%

< 0.001

Sistan and Baluchistan

3

18% (14 − 23%)

 -

 -

Tehran

38

25% (19 − 31%)

99.41%

< 0.001

Western Azarbaijan

2

35% (34 − 37%)

 -

 -

Yazd

5

44% (33 − 55%)

98.69%

< 0.001

Zanjan

4

23% (20 − 27%)

67.03%

0.03

Multi Province

9

20% (9 − 35%)

99.87%

< 0.001

Components

W_C

100

36% (33 − 40%)

99.74%

< 0.001

0.73

0.737

0.3214

IFG

99

19% (15 − 24%)

99.88%

< 0.001

0.38

0.612

0.5346

TG

99

38% (36 − 40%)

99.29%

< 0.001

-0.02

0.500

0.9721

HDL

96

48% (45 − 51%)

99.67%

< 0.001

0.56

0.651

0.3906

BP

91

26% (23 − 29%)

99.61%

< 0.001

0.45

0.647

0.4911