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Table 3 Categories and number of individual metabolic syndrome components with its overall prevalence in the two study groups

From: Metabolic syndrome and breast cancer risk

 

Breast cancer

N = 112

No. (%)

Control

N = 112

No. (%)

Total

N = 224

No. (%)

p-value *

FBG

 < 126 mg/dl

83 (74.1)

102 (91.1)

185 (82.6)

0.001

  ≥ 126 mg/dl

29 (25.9)

10 (8.9)

39 (17.4)

SBP

 < 130 mmHg

85 (75.9)

100 (89.3)

185 (82.6)

0.008

  ≥ 130 mmHg

27 (24.1)

12 (10.7)

39 (17.4)

DBP

 < 85 mmHg

89 (76.8)

98 (87.5)

184 (82.1)

0.036

  ≥ 85 mmHg

26 (23.2)

14 (12.5)

40 (17.9)

TG

 < 150 mg/dl

32 (28.6)

63 (56.2)

95 (42.4)

 < 0.001

  ≥ 150 mg/dl

80 (71.4)

49 (43.8)

129 (57.6)

HDL-c

 < 50 mg/dl

100 (89.2)

66 (58.9)

166 (74.5)

 < 0.001

  ≥ 50 mg/dl

12 (10.8)

46 (41.1)

58 (25.9)

WC

 < 88 cm

54 (48.2)

50 (44.6)

104 (46.4)

0.592

  ≥ 88 cm

58 (51.8)

62 (55.4)

120 (53.6)

Number of components

0

2 (1.8)

17 (15.2)

19 (8.5)

P-value for linear trend < 0.001

1

16 (14.3)

39 (34.8)

55 (24.6)

2

30 (26.8)

24 (21.4)

54 (24.1)

3

36 (32.1)

25 (22.4)

61 (27.2)

4

24 (21.4)

6 (5.4)

30 (13.4)

5

4 (3.6)

1 (0.8)

5 (2.2)

Overall prevalence of MS

  < 3 components

48 (42.9)

80 (71.4)

128 (57.1)

 < 0.001

  ≥ 3 components

64 (57.1)

32 (28.6)

96 (42.9)

  1. *p-value is significant ≤ 0.05, FBG fasting blood glucose, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, TG triglycerides, HDL-c high-density lipoprotein, WC waist circumference