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Table 3 Pattern of MetS and its components in gender among HIV infected patients using ART at Hawassa, southern Ethiopia

From: Influences of gender in metabolic syndrome and its components among people living with HIV virus using antiretroviral treatment in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia

Parameters

Males

n = 68 (%)

Females

n = 117 (%)

p value

SBP ≥130 mmHg

9 (13.2)

13 (11.1)

0.66

DBP >85 mmHg

7 (10.3)

15 (12.8)

0.63

FBG (NCEP-ATP criteria) ≥110 mg/dl

14 (20.6)

13 (11.1)

0.07

FBG (IDF criteria) ≥100 mg/dl

29 (42.6)

29 (24.8)

0.01

Hypertensive (≥130/85 mmHg)

7 (10.3)

11 (9.4)

0.84

TG ≥150 mg/dl

39 (57.3)

44 (37.6)

0.009

Low HDL-c (<40 mg/dl in males and <50 in females)

39 (57.3)

91 (77.8)

0.003

WC (IDF criteria) ≥94 cm in males and ≥80 cm in females

13 (19.1)

82 (70.1)

<0.0001

WC (NCEP criteria) ≥102 cm in males and ≥88 cm in females

4 (5.9)

38 (32.5)

<0.0001

MetS (IDF criteria)

6 (8.8)

39 (33.3)

<0.0001

MetS (NCEP-ATP criteria)

12 (17.6)

21 (17.9)

0.95