Table 2 Association of socio-demographic, anthropometric and lifestyle factors with metabolic syndrome in employees of a private Lebanese university

Age (years)

40.6 ± 11.3

49.0 ± 9.7

43.3 ± 12.5

49.9 ± 10.0

38.5 ± 10.0

46.7 ± 8.6

Marital status

 Single/ Separated/ Divorced

96 (80.7%)

23 (19.3%)

36 (67.9%)

17 (32.1%)

60 (90.9%)

6 (9.1%)

 Married

167 (74.2%)

58 (25.8%)

77 (64.7%)

42 (35.3%)

90 (84.9%)

16 (15.1%)

Education level

 High school / BT²

46 (61.3%) ^a

29 (38.7%) ^a

24 (50.0%) ^a

24 (50.0%) ^a

22 (81.5%)

5 (18.5%)

 Bachelor degree

69 (79.3%) ^b

18 (20.7%) ^b

27 (75.0%) ^b

9 (25.0%) ^b

42 (82.4%)

9 (17.6%)

 Graduate

148(81.3%) ^b

34 (18.7%) ^b

62 (70.5%) ^b

26 (29.5%) ^b

86 (91.5%)

8 (8.5%)

Income ($)

  < 2250

73 (65.2%) ^a

39 (34.8%) ^a

32 (52.5%) ^a

29 (47.5%) ^a

41 (80.4%)

10 (19.6%)

 2250–4000

75 (86.2%) ^b

12 (13.8%) ^b

25 (75.8%) ^b

8 (24.2%) ^b

50 (92.6%)

4 (7.4%)

  > 4000

115 (79.3%) ^b

30 (20.7%) ^b

56 (71.8%) ^b

22 (28.2%) ^b

59 (88.1%)

8 (11.9%)

Medical morbidity

 No

174 (86.1%)

28 (13.9%)

69 (75.8%)

22 (24.2%)

105 (94.6%)

6 (5.4%)

 Yes

88 (62.4%)

53 (37.6%)

43 (53.8%)

37 (46.2%)

45 (73.8%)

16 (26.2%)

Smoking

 No

173 (81.6%)

39 (18.4%)

68 (73.1%)

25 (26.9%)

105 (88.2%)

14 (11.8%)

 Yes

90 (68.2%)

42 (31.8%)

45 (57.0%)

34 (43.0%)

45 (84.9%)

8 (15.1%)

Alcohol drinking

 No

197 (77.3%)

58 (22.7%)

74 (66.1%)

38 (33.9%)

123 (86.0%)

20 (14.0%)

 Yes

66 (74.2%)

23 (25.8%)

39 (65.0%)

21 (35.0%)

27 (93.1%)

2 (6.9%)

Physical activity level

 Low

167 (75.6%)

54 (24.4%)

65 (63.1%)

38 (36.9%)

102 (86.4%)

16 (13.6%)

 Moderate/High

96 (78.0%)

27 (22.0%)

48 (69.6%)

21 (30.4%)

48 (88.9%)

6 (11.1%)

BMI (kg/m²)

 Underweight

2 (100.0%) ^a,b,c

0 (0.0%) ^a,b,c

–

–

2 (100.0%) ^a,b,c

0 (0.0%) ^a,b,c

 Normal

122 (100.0%) ^c

0 (0.0%) ^c

27 (100%) ^a

0 (0.0%) ^a

95 (100.0%) ^c

0 (0.0%) ^c

 Overweight

101 (77.7%) ^b

29 (22.3%) ^b

63 (73.3%) ^b

23 (26.7%) ^b

38 (86.4%) ^b

6 (13.6%) ^b

 Obese

38 (42.2%) ^a

52 (57.8%) ^a

23 (39.0%) ^c

36 (61.0%) ^c

15 (48.4%) ^a

16 (51.6%) ^a