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Table 7 Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Iran based on WHO 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

WHO

Overall

7

25% (19 − 31%)

98.58%

< 0.001

-0.69

2.365

0.7714

Sex

Female

6

27% (20 − 34%)

98.02%

< 0.001

4.09

2.900

0.1582

Male

6

29% (23 − 37%)

97.54%

< 0.001

3.44

1.064

0.0012

Age

30–65

5

25% (19 − 31%)

98.48%

< 0.001

-0.69

2.365

0.7714

> 65

1

42% (38 − 46%)

 -

 -

Province

Tehran

4

29% (16 − 43%)

99.17%

< 0.001

-0.69

2.365

0.7714

Qazvin

1

27% (24 − 30%)

 -

 -

Fars

1

23% (22 − 24%)

 -

 -

Semnan

1

10% (6 − 16%)

 -

 -

Components

WHR or BMI

6

60% (45 − 75%)

99.74%

< 0.001

-1.86

3.546

0.6005

IFG

6

37% (25 − 50%)

99.64%

< 0.001

-1.01

4.436

0.8191

TG

6

53% (51 − 56%)

86.58%

< 0.001

-0.51

0.966

0.6010

HDL

4

30% (17 − 46%)

99.17%

< 0.001

-3.11

4.665

0.5054

BP

4

30% (20 − 41%)

99.44%

< 0.001

2.50

7.942

0.7532