Dietary Patterns and Their Association with Metabolic Syndrome and Their Components in Middle-Class Adults from Damascus, Syria: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Social, clinical, and anthropometric characteristics of the study sample.
Total (n = 104)
Women (n = 58)
Men (n = 46)
Frequency
%
Frequency
%
Frequency
%
Sedentary activity
26
25.0
10
17.2
16
34.8
Metabolic syndrome
23
22.1
10
17.2
13
28.3
Marital status
75
72.1
33
56.9
42
91.3
Educational level
Elementary
1
1.0
1
1.7
0
0.0
Secondary
5
4.8
2
3.4
3
6.5
High school
10
9.6
5
8.6
5
10.9
Institute
19
18.3
13
22.4
6
13.0
University and higher education
69
66.3
37
63.8
32
69.6
Parents with obesity
72
69.2
39
67.2
33
71.7
Smoker
33
31.7
15
25.9
18
39.1
Hyperglycemia
26
25.0
9
15.5
17
37.0
Hypertriglyceridemia
26
25.0
13
22.4
13
28.3
Hypercholesterolemia
39
37.5
21
36.2
18
39.1
High LDL
19
18.3
10
17.2
9
19.6
Obesity
22
21.2
9
15.5
13
28.3
Overweight
63
60.6
29
50.0
34
73.9
High DBP
16
15.4
6
10.3
10
21.7
High SBP
8
7.7
3
5.2
5
10.9
Low HDL
35
33.7
18
31.0
17
37.0
Large waist circumference
64
61.5
39
67.2
25
54.3
Hypertension
18
17.3
7
12.1
11
23.9
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Glucose
92.47
30.12
85.22
16.68
101.60
39.63
Triglycerides
117.42
62.73
107.11
58.46
130.40
66.10
Cholesterol
187.68
36.05
186.71
34.27
188.90
38.53
HDL
52.48
14.61
57.23
14.36
46.48
12.71
LDL
111.94
39.31
111.00
35.38
113.11
44.14
Height
165.26
18.49
158.06
21.48
174.33
6.89
Weight
78.05
22.19
73.38
26.12
83.92
14.13
BMI
26.35
4.11
25.38
3.93
27.56
4.04
Waist circumference
97.35
12.54
92.74
12.47
103.15
10.06
DBP
76.97
9.28
75.17
9.22
79.24
8.94
SBP
119.90
12.88
116.72
13.03
123.91
11.64
DBP: diastolic blood pressure; SBP systolic blood pressure; BMI: body mass index; SD: standard deviation.
