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Table 2. The proportion of the US population with the metabolic syndrome stratified by ethnicity and gender
based on data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
1999–2000
(n = 4693)
Ethnicity

2001–2002
(n = 5266)

2003–2004
(n = 5050)

2005–2006
(n = 4980)

2007–2008
(n = 5938)

2009–2010
(n = 6292)

Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male
% (SD) % (SD) % (SD) % (SD) % (SD) % (SD) % (SD) % (SD) % (SD) % (SD) % (SD) % (SD)

Mexican
American

36.17
(2.95)

26.21
(2.51)

38.35
(2.96)

27.90∗∗
(2.43)

41.08
(3.58)

23.27∗∗
(2.62)

37.57
(3.30)

24.73∗∗
(2.59)

40.44
(3.02)

32.84
(2.78)

40.44
(2.75)

37.32
(2.64)

Other
Hispanic

39.76
(5.50)

33.35
(5.35)

29.31
(6.67)

27.86
(5.89)

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