| Characteristics | Metabolic Syndrome | P | ||
| Present (%) | Absent (%) | |||
| Age | <40 years | 1 (5.6) | 17 (94.4) | <0.001 |
| 41 to 50 years | 6 (14.6) | 35 (85.4) | ||
| 51 to 60 years | 12 (227) | 41 (77.3) | ||
| 60 and over | 9 (22.5) | 31 (77.5) | ||
| Gender | Male | 8 (16.7) | 40 (83.3) | 0.208 |
| Female | 20 (19.6) | 82 (80.4) | ||
| Status matrimonial | As a couple | 16 (15.5) | 87 (84.5) | 0.046 |
| Not in couple | 12 (25.5) | 35 (74.4) | ||
| Zone of residence | Urban | 21 (18) | 95 (82) | 0.467 |
| Rural | 7 (20.6) | 27 (79.4) | ||
| Socio-professional activity | Civil servant | 10 (25) | 30 (75) | <0.001 |
| Trader | 5 (13.8) | 31 (86.2) | ||
| Housekeeper | 13 (17.6) | 61 (82.4) | ||
| Level of education | At school | 17 (13.6) | 108 (86.4) | 0.122 |
| Not in school | 11 (44) | 14 (56) | ||