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Table 1 Trends in prevalence of metabolic syndrome among US adults from 1999 to 2018

From: Trends and influence factors in the prevalence, intervention, and control of metabolic syndrome among US adults, 1999–2018

Characteristics

1999–2000 (n = 1948)

2001–2002 (n = 2187)

2003–2004 (n = 1945)

2005–2006 (n = 2005)

2007–2008 (n = 2406)

2009–2010 (n = 2564)

2011–2012 (n = 2245)

2013–2014 (n = 2362)

2015–2016 (n = 2263)

2017–2018 (n = 2189)

AAPC

P for trend

Total

 

28.23(25.85,30.60)

29.64(27.35, 31.93)

30.27(27.45, 33.08)

29.10(26.19, 32.02)

29.52(27.28, 31.77)

29.92(27.00, 32.85)

30.78(27.66, 33.89)

32.79(30.11, 35.48)

34.25(31.15, 37.36)

37.09(33.66, 40.51)

1.385(0.778, 1.996)

< 0.001

Age (years)

 

20–44

17.94(14.60, 21.27)

16.49(14.20, 18.78)

17.90(15.26, 20.55)

16.51(13.53, 19.48)

16.56(13.04, 20.07)

16.27(12.13, 20.40)

15.82(12.20, 19.44)

18.34(15.01, 21.66)

19.51(15.21, 23.82)

20.49(16.53, 24.45)

1.015(−0.195, 2.239)

0.100

 

45–64

36.75(31.46, 42.04)

40.30(35.59, 45.00)

38.55(33.86, 43.25)

34.83(30.04, 39.62)

34.99(31.86, 38.13)

36.39(33.17, 39.62)

37.49(31.03, 43.95)

40.24(35.40, 45.09)

41.10(35.39, 46.80)

42.50(35.98, 49.03)

0.457(−0.721, 1.650)

0.448

 

≥65

50.78(43.17, 58.40)

53.12(47.25, 59.00)

52.19(46.40, 57.98)

52.82(46.30, 59.34)

54.07(46.88, 61.27)

52.96(48.77, 57.16)

57.57(49.91, 65.23)

55.62(49.81, 61.44)

54.80(50.14, 59.45)

63.02(58.30, 67.75)

0.968(0.251, 1.690)

0.008

Sex

 

Female

30.14(27.94, 32.35)

29.59(26.73, 32.46)

29.48(24.87, 34.10)

28.10(23.55, 32.66)

30.11(26.97, 33.24)

28.70(25.40, 31.99)

30.48(26.56, 34.41)

32.83(29.13, 36.54)

32.46(28.44, 36.47)

35.58(31.46, 39.70)

0.223(−0.821, 1.279)

0.124

 

Male

26.17(21.92, 30.42)

29.70(25.96, 33.43)

31.07(26.76, 35.37)

30.18(26.99, 33.37)

28.91(25.88, 31.94)

31.19(26.23, 36.15)

31.08(27.61, 34.55)

32.75(29.54, 35.97)

36.16(31.91, 40.40)

38.65(33.82, 43.49)

1.269(−0.345, 2.909)

0.676

Race and ethnicity

 

Non-Hispanic white

28.32(24.84, 31.80)

30.14(27.94, 32.34)

32.29(28.26, 36.32)

30.70(27.00, 34.40)

31.00(27.41, 34.60)

30.64(27.26, 34.03)

31.62(27.58, 35.65)

35.24(31.71, 38.76)

36.41(32.26, 40.55)

38.33(33.42, 43.24)

1.438(0.493, 2.392)

0.003

 

Non-Hispanic black

21.42(17.67, 25.17)

27.05(22.16, 31.94)

21.73(17.70, 25.75)

26.43(22.03, 30.84)

26.49(19.36, 33.63)

29.96(23.83, 36.10)

30.33(26.85, 33.81)

29.70(24.20, 35.20)

28.24(25.17, 31.31)

29.59(24.53, 34.65)

1.333(−1.272, 4.007)

0.319

 

Mexican American

25.36(18.04, 32.68)

27.90(21.85, 33.94)

28.21(20.67, 35.75)

24.72(18.16, 31.28)

28.23(24.18, 32.28)

32.36(27.04, 37.69)

32.92(25.80, 40.03)

29.32(23.90, 34.73)

36.91(32.04, 41.77)

40.64(35.33, 45.96)

2.580(0.771, 4.422)

0.005

 

Other Hispanic

35.07(27.78, 42.36)

31.57(10.54, 52.60)

17.57(2.47, 32.68)

19.18(9.75, 28.61)

26.25(21.43, 31.06)

28.00(24.09, 31.91)

29.64(23.47, 35.81)

26.24(19.37, 33.11)

28.79(22.37, 35.21)

34.42(25.43, 43.41)

−0.494(−6.343, 5.721)

0.873

 

Other race

33.24(16.27, 50.21)

28.45(16.59, 40.30)

29.83(20.67, 38.99)

26.22(11.06, 41.38)

21.85(13.22, 30.47)

20.76(11.66, 29.86)

22.75(14.30, 31.19)

25.18(19.59, 30.78)

28.41(22.08, 34.74)

35.94(28.00, 43.87)

−0.068(−1.850, 1.745)

0.941

Marital status

 

No

27.11(21.98, 32.24)

26.86(21.96, 31.75)

27.17(22.79, 31.54)

22.98(19.55, 26.41)

27.14(23.64, 30.65)

28.40(23.76, 33.04)

27.93(23.97, 31.89)

30.15(25.36, 34.94)

31.54(27.81, 35.27)

32.67(29.63, 35.70)

0.938(0.319, 1.561)

0.003

 

Yes

29.44(24.84, 34.04)

31.44(28.79, 34.09)

32.60(28.60, 36.60)

33.50(29.22, 37.78)

31.28(28.11, 34.45)

30.92(27.55, 34.30)

33.16(29.35, 36.97)

34.76(30.87, 38.65)

36.40(32.04, 40.76)

41.14(35.57, 46.71)

1.428(0.263, 2.606)

0.016

Education level

 

Less than high school

31.83(25.07, 38.58)

39.47(33.23, 45.71)

31.83(28.05, 35.61)

35.09(29.51, 40.67)

38.52(34.02, 43.02)

40.27(35.81, 44.74)

36.81(32.61, 41.01)

38.41(32.90, 43.92)

38.87(33.13, 44.61)

46.10(39.42, 52.79)

1.521(−1.781, 4.933)

0.371

 

High school graduate

32.35(25.51, 39.20)

32.34(27.50, 37.18)

36.23(31.28, 41.18)

35.85(31.72, 39.98)

33.89(27.50, 40.29)

35.76(31.38, 40.14)

36.88(32.69, 41.08)

35.76(28.94, 42.58)

36.54(29.51, 43.56)

43.21(35.22, 51.19)

1.229(−0.460, 2.947)

0.155

 

Some college

31.09(23.31, 38.87)

24.95(21.61, 28.29)

28.98(25.53, 32.43)

29.10(24.83, 33.37)

27.33(23.13, 31.53)

31.16(25.62, 36.69)

30.31(25.04, 35.59)

36.85(32.79, 40.91)

35.48(29.68, 41.29)

36.18(31.79, 40.56)

1.914(−0.577, 4.468)

0.133

 

College graduate or above

16.18(10.45, 21.92)

25.54(21.05, 30.02)

24.43(18.47, 30.38)

18.21(12.91, 23.51)

21.85(17.61, 26.10)

17.41(13.44, 21.38)

24.07(18.18, 29.97)

23.76(19.39, 28.13)

29.38(23.14, 35.62)

28.83(24.31, 33.36)

1.234(−2.484, 5.093)

0.521

Insurance status

 

Uninsured

24.50(17.25, 31.75)

15.79(11.41, 20.17)

24.20(18.43, 29.97)

20.57(14.72, 26.41)

22.75(18.41, 27.09)

24.21(19.38, 29.03)

24.91(21.08, 28.74)

21.79(17.97, 25.61)

26.92(22.57, 31.27)

27.90(20.64, 35.17)

1.788(−2.588, 6.360)

0.429

 

Any Insurance

29.29(26.47, 32.11)

32.49(30.10, 34.88)

31.63(28.59, 34.66)

31.11(27.87, 34.35)

31.01(28.06, 33.95)

31.52(28.07, 34.98)

32.25(28.77, 35.74)

35.22(31.73, 38.71)

35.36(31.73, 38.98)

38.56(35.25, 41.87)

1.137(0.094, 2.191)

0.033

Income-to-poverty ratio

 

< 1

28.30(23.14, 33.47)

32.63(23.86, 41.41)

24.29(19.43, 29.15)

32.63(22.23, 43.03)

32.08(27.58, 36.58)

28.48(23.80, 33.15)

28.35(23.77, 32.94)

34.74(29.41, 40.07)

33.01(26.88, 39.14)

36.23(30.93, 41.53)

1.401(−1.158, 4.026)

0.286

 

1–2

31.77(25.83, 37.71)

29.53(23.45, 35.60)

33.84(30.00, 37.69)

33.17(26.91, 39.43)

34.95(30.22, 39.68)

34.15(28.41, 39.90)

35.95(30.57, 41.34)

36.10(30.65, 41.54)

34.08(30.28, 37.88)

41.01(35.73, 46.28)

1.064(0, 2.140)

0.050

 

2–3.5

34.25(26.73, 41.77)

29.11(22.82, 35.40)

31.86(26.66, 37.06)

29.14(22.73, 35.56)

28.30(23.81, 32.79)

31.92(26.13, 37.72)

32.60(26.38, 38.82)

32.67(26.75, 38.59)

36.03(29.90, 42.16)

40.84(35.60, 46.08)

1.035(− 0.587, 2.683)

0.212

 

≥3.5

23.49(18.72, 28.25)

28.61(25.97, 31.25)

28.62(22.66, 34.58)

26.09(22.79, 29.39)

27.49(24.55, 30.43)

26.48(21.82, 31.15)

27.48(21.50, 33.45)

31.04(26.79, 35.28)

33.76(27.20, 40.32)

33.03(27.45, 38.60)

1.22(−0.807, 3.288)

0.240

Alcohol

 

No

36.41(32.01, 40.82)

38.58(30.91, 46.25)

38.64(34.94, 42.35)

37.73(31.64, 43.82)

35.01(30.96, 39.06)

40.33(35.62, 45.04)

38.64(32.89, 44.39)

40.66(35.10, 46.21)

39.30(35.82, 42.78)

42.37(32.56, 52.18)

0.473(−0.314, 1.267)

0.240

 

Yes

25.44(22.78, 28.10)

26.51(23.65, 29.37)

27.75(24.55, 30.96)

26.01(22.84, 29.18)

27.60(24.86, 30.33)

27.80(24.43, 31.16)

30.31(26.61, 34.02)

31.17(28.71, 33.63)

32.97(29.42, 36.51)

36.91(33.37, 40.44)

1.859(1.045, 2.678)

< 0.001

Smoking status

 

Never smoker

26.74(22.34, 31.14)

27.26(23.29, 31.23)

28.63(24.55, 32.71)

26.40(22.45, 30.35)

25.94(22.94, 28.94)

27.62(23.81, 31.43)

27.19(24.38, 30.01)

29.61(25.26, 33.96)

29.80(26.09, 33.50)

32.93(27.60, 38.26)

0.996(−0.222, 2.229)

0.109

 

Former smoker

34.33(29.17, 39.50)

36.42(30.88, 41.97)

39.74(34.44, 45.04)

37.45(32.31, 42.59)

40.38(36.28, 44.49)

37.00(32.43, 41.57)

37.80(30.78, 44.83)

41.11(37.17, 45.06)

46.37(40.66, 52.08)

44.35(38.55, 50.15)

1.318(−0.245, 2.905)

0.099

 

Current smoker

24.63(20.61, 28.66)

27.45(22.87, 32.03)

24.23(20.16, 28.31)

26.05(21.77, 30.32)

25.64(21.44, 29.84)

27.20(20.60, 33.80)

32.72(27.77, 37.66)

31.64(27.78, 35.51)

29.79(24.53, 35.06)

39.35(32.81, 45.88)

2.083(−0.424, 4.652)

0.104

Activity

 

No

34.95(30.37, 39.53)

38.41(34.72, 42.11)

33.03(29.41, 36.65)

39.00(32.94, 45.06)

37.75(35.50, 39.99)

38.69(35.73, 41.65)

38.72(34.14, 43.30)

41.64(38.05, 45.23)

42.29(37.85, 46.73)

44.53(39.10, 49.97)

0.971(0.066, 1.884)

0.035

 

Moderate

32.11(26.03, 38.19)

33.84(29.48, 38.20)

39.54(35.72, 43.36)

31.31(26.15, 36.47)

34.09(29.06, 39.12)

31.06(27.28, 34.83)

33.47(27.61, 39.33)

33.74(28.37, 39.11)

37.66(33.61, 41.71)

39.91(33.93, 45.89)

0.515(−2.584, 3.713)

0.956

 

Vigorous

18.37(14.49, 22.26)

18.14(14.71, 21.57)

16.96(12.62, 21.29)

19.31(15.67, 22.95)

9.70(6.73, 12.66)

12.08(7.63, 16.52)

13.72(10.10, 17.35)

14.28(11.40, 17.17)

16.11(12.89, 19.33)

22.29(15.99, 28.59)

0.158(−5.289, 5.919)

0.748

BMI (kg/m2)a

 

Normal weight (18.5–24.9)

8.55(4.98, 12.12)

9.24(6.61, 11.86)

9.45(7.02, 11.88)

5.90(4.41, 7.40)

6.21(4.39, 8.03)

7.44(5.42, 9.46)

8.93(6.49, 11.36)

7.65(4.26, 11.05)

7.74(5.50, 9.98)

10.22(7.29, 13.14)

−0.385(−4.565, 3.979)

0.860

 

Overweight (25.0–29.9)

26.27(23.68, 28.86)

31.02(28.16, 33.88)

29.33(24.92, 33.75)

25.14(19.03, 31.25)

27.58(23.79, 31.38)

24.16(21.59, 26.72)

24.33(20.23, 28.42)

31.09(27.65, 34.52)

29.92(25.47, 34.38)

33.46(28.29, 38.64)

0.798(−1.936, 3.609)

0.571

 

Obesity (≥30.0)

57.59(53.18, 62.01)

51.28(46.73, 55.83)

53.79(49.27, 58.31)

55.23(51.10, 59.35)

55.78(51.90, 59.65)

54.83(48.40, 61.26)

55.95(51.54, 60.35)

54.43(48.98, 59.88)

55.32(50.41, 60.22)

58.25(53.06, 63.43)

0.09(−0.557, 0.740)

0.787

  1. a 352(underweight) participants with BMI less than 18.5 were not showed; AAPC: average annual rates of change