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Table 2 Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Latin American countries

From: Maternal undernutrition and cardiometabolic disease: a latin american perspective

Country

Year

Participants (n)

Age (years)

Diagnostic criteria

MS prevalence (%)

Chile

2003

1833

≥17

ATP-III

32.0

IDF

37.0

Mexico

2006

6021

20 to 69

ATP-III

36.8

IDF

49.8

Venezuela

2001

3108

≥20

ATP-III

31.2

Ecuador

2004

352

≥65

IDF

40.0

Peru

2006

1878

20 to 80

AHA/NHLBI

18.8

Brazil

2001

1655

25 to 64

ATP-III

32.9

Colombia

2007

1001

≥18

ATP-III

45.6

IDF

50.4

  1. Extracted values from published data [19,22-28]. MS: metabolic syndrome.