Table 3: Association between metabolic syndrome and demographic variables.

Variables Metabolic syndrome
n(%)
No metabolic syndrome n(%) RR CI p-value
Sex
 Male 50(15.6) 271(84.4)
 Female 168(24.8) 509(75.2) 0.5 0.4-0.7 0.001*
Age (years)
 ≤ 25 10(5.5) 173(94.5)
 26-35 17(7.6) 206(92.4) - -
 36-45 26(14.2) 157(85.8)
 46-55 50(29.9) 117(70.1) 0.000*
 56-65 69(49.3) 71(50.7)
 ≥ 66 46(45.1) 56(54.9)
Level of education
 No formal schooling 29(19.9) 117(80.1)
 Grade 1 to 7 51(32.7) 105(67.3)
 Grade 8 to 12 118(20.3) 462(79.7) 0.004
 Tertiary 20(17.2) 96(82.8) - -
Marital status
 Never married 89(14.0) 548(86.0)
 Ever Married 112(34.1) 216(65.9) 0.3 0.2-0.4 0.000*
Employment
 Government employee 13(20.6) 50(79.4)
 Non-government employee 33(14.3) 198(85.7) - -
 Self-employed 8(12.9) 54(87.1)
 Student 7(7.1) 92(92.9)
 Unemployed 126(26.5) 350(73.5) 0.000*
 Retired 30(45.5) 36(54.5)
Income
 R2000 and below 115(32.2) 38(16.7)
 R2001 and above 242(67.8) 189(83.3) 2.4 1.6-3.6 0.000*

* Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05; RR= Relative risk; CI = Confidence interval