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Table 2 Prevalence of individual risk factors of metabolic syndrome among adolescents, India, CNNS 2016–18

From: Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among adolescents in India: a population-based study

Risk factors

All

Male

Female

Prevalence (%)

95% CI

Total N

Prevalence (%)

95% CI

N

Prevalence (%)

95% CI

N

Central obesity

11.9

10.1, 13.8

8,007

12.2

9.9, 15.0

4,067

11.4

9.7, 13.5

3,940

Hypertension

15.4

13.4, 17.7

8,007

15.9

13.2, 18.9

4,067

15.0

12.9, 17.4

3,940

Hypertriglyceridemia

26.0

23.3, 28.9

8,007

23.3

20.0, 26.9

4,067

28.7

25.1, 32.6

3,940

Low HDL

31.9

29.1, 34.9

8,007

34.7

30.9, 38.8

4,067

29.0

25.8, 32.4

3,940

Impaired glucose

3.7

3.0, 4.5

8,007

4.4

3.3, 5.7

4,067

3.1

2.3, 4.0

3,940

  1. Note: prevalence presented here is for the sub-sample of adolescents for whom the values for all parameters were available