Table 1 Prevalence of MetS by demographic, socioeconomic, and lifestyle characteristics of study participants

Overall prevalence

10,009

3913

39.1 (38.1 – 40.1)

Age Group

35–39

1912

475

24.8 (22.9 – 26.8)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

40–44

2025

646

31.9 (29.9 – 34.0)

45–49

1797

716

39.8 (37.6 – 42.2)

50–54

1482

672

45.3 (42.8 – 47.9)

55–59

1281

641

50.0 (47.3 – 52.8)

60–64

798

391

49.0 (45.5 – 52.5)

 ≥ 65

714

372

52.1 (48.4 – 55.8)

Sex

Male

4026

1180

29.3 (27.9 – 30.7)

 < 0.001

Female

5983

2733

45.7 (44.4 – 47.0)

Educational level

Illiterate

6209

2654

42.7 (41.5 – 44.0)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Primary school

1665

599

36.0 (33.7 – 38.3)

Secondary school

673

225

33.4 (29.9 – 37.1)

High school

741

232

31.3 (28.0 – 34.8)

University

721

203

28.2 (24.9 – 31.6)

Physical activity (MET Score)

Q1

2503

1201

48.0 (46.0 – 50.0)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Q2

2505

1053

42.0 (40.1 – 44.0)

Q3

2508

913

36.4(34.5 – 38.3)

Q4

2493

746

29.9(28.1 – 31.8)

Wealth Status

Poorest

2012

748

37.2 (35.1 – 39.3)

0.003

0.041

Poor

2057

750

36.5 (34.4 – 38.6)

Moderate

2087

846

40.5 (39.7 – 44.0)

Rich

2023

838

41.4 (39.3– 43.6)

Richest

1830

731

39.9 (37.7 – 42.2)

Job

Skill Level I

290

50

17.2 (13.1 – 22.1)

 < 0.001

0.48

Skill Level II

2561

761

29.7 (27.9 – 31.5)

Skill Level III

84

28

33.3 (23.4 – 44.5)

Skill Level IV

345

88

25.5 (21.0 – 30.5)

Area deprivation status (Townsend Index)

Most Affluent

2390

1190

49.8 (47.8 – 51.8)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Affluent

1856

728

39.2 (37.0 – 41.5)

moderate

1890

781

41.3 (39. 1 – 41.6)

Deprived

1293

425

32.9 (30.3 – 35.5)

Most Deprived

2580

789

30.6 (28. 8 – 32.4)

Smoking

Yes

7920

3191

40.3(39. 2 – 41.4)

 < 0.001

No

2089

722

34.7(32. 5 – 36.6)

Use Alcohol

Yes

197

61

31.0(24. 6 – 37.9)

0.019

No

9812

3852

39.3 (38. 3 – 40.2)