| Normal Mean ± SD 95% CI | One criterion Mean ± SD 95% CI | Two criteria Mean ± SD 95% CI | MS (≥3 criteria) Mean ± SD 95% CI | Anova | ||||||
| Kuwait | Egypt | Kuwait | Egypt | Kuwait | Egypt | Kuwait | Egypt | Kuwait | Egypt | |
| Age | 14.3 2.3 13.9 - 14.6 | 13.9 1.51 13.8 - 13.9 | 14.4 2.2 14.2 - 14.7 | 14.2 1.61 14.1 - 14.3 | 14.7 2.1 14.4 - 15.0 | 14.3 1.61 14.2 - 14.4 | 15.1 2.2 14.7 - 15.6 | 14.5 1.64 14.3 - 14.6 | < 0.01 | 0.001 |
| Waist Circumference (WC) | 66.3 9.4 65.0 - 67.6 | 62.9 7.3 62.6 - 63.2 | 71.9 11.2 70.6 - 73.2 | 67.0 8.9 66.5 - 67.5 | 82.5 14.1 80.2 - 84.7 | 71.5 11.0 70.6 - 72.3 | 93.2 12.8 90.7 - 95.6 | 76.8 12.3 75.4 - 78.2 | <0.001 | 0.001 |
| BMI | 22.2 4.1 21.7 - 22.8 | 19.4 2.5 18.3 - 18.6 | 24.7 5.4 24.0 - 25.3 | 20.7 3.86 20.5 - 20.9 | 28.9 6.6 27.8 - 29.9 | 22.8 4.6 22.5 - 23.2 | 32.7 5.9 31.5 - 33.8 | 25.6 5.5 24.5 - 26.2 | <0.001 | 0.001 |
| SBP | 113.4 7.4 112.4 - 114.4 | 101.3 11.0 100.8 - 101.8 | 121.3 10.2 120.1 - 122.5 | 108.1 11.7 107.5 - 108.7 | 127.8 9.7 126.2 - 129.3 | 114.7 11.5 113.8 - 115.6 | 131.9 10.3 129.9 - 133.9 | 123.4 11.9 122.0 - 124.7 | <0.001 | 0.001 |
| DBP | 74.4 5.4 74.0 - 75.5 | 63.6 7.5 63.3 - 63.9 | 82.1 7.8 81.2 - 83.0 | 69.9 9.4 69.5 - 70.5 | 85.4 7.8 84.2 - 86.7 | 75.4 8.1 74.8 - 76.1 | 85.6 7.5 84.1 - 87.0 | 79.5 6.9 78.7 - 80.2 | <0.001 | 0.001 |
| FBG | 88.4 6.3 87.6 - 89.3 | 88.7 9.8 88.3 - 89.2 | 92.1 6.7 91.3 - 92.9 | 91.0 15.4 90.2 - 91.8 | 92.4 7.8 91.1 - 93.6 | 93.0 20.3 91.4 - 94.6 | 98.2 21.9 93.9 - 102.5 | 93.0 16.1 91.2 - 94.8 | <0.001 | 0.001 |
| TG | 52.1 19.6 49.3 - 54.7 | 69.9 21.0 68.4 - 71.5 | 59.8 24.1 56.9 - 62.7 | 88.6 39.9 85.8 - 91.4 | 76.2 38.9 69.9 - 82.3 | 102.4 44.3 98.2 - 106.7 | 129.3 69.8 115.8 - 142.8 | 119.0 46.8 113.2 - 124.8 | <0.001 | 0.001 |
| HDL-C | 52.4 9.5 51.1 - 53.7 | 53.05 8.3 52.4 - 53.7 | 46.7 11.0 45.3 - 48.0 | 47.4 10.5 46.7 - 48.2 | 39.5 9.7 37.9 - 41.1 | 45.0 11.2 43.9 - 46.1 | 34.7 9.0 32.9 - 36.4 | 43.6 11.4 42.2 - 44.9 | <0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insulin | 12.9 7.3 11.9 - 14.0 | 13.8 5.5 12.5 - 15.0 | 15.8 9.2 14.6 - 16.9 | 14.3 7.5 12.9 - 15.6 | 25.3 24.9 21.2 - 29.4 | 15.8 8.2 14.1 - 17.5 | 34.8 32.0 28.4 - 41.1 | 18.4 9.7 16.2 - 20.7 | <0.001 | 0.001 |
| Homa-IR | 2.8 1.6 2.6 - 3.1 | 3.5 1.5 3.2 - 3.8 | 3.6 2.1 3.3 - 3.8 | 3.9 2.5 3.5 - 4.4 | 5.9 6.4 4.8 - 6.9 | 4.0 2.0 3.6 - 4.5 | 8.6 8.7 6.9 - 10.3 | 4.7 2.7 4.1 - 5.3 | <0.001 | 0.017 |
| CRP | 1.7 0.5 1.6 - 1.8 | 2.5 0.7 2.3 - 2.8 | 1.9 0.6 1.8 - 2.0 | 2.5 - 0.7 2.4 - 2.7 | 2.2 0.5 2.1 - 2.3 | 2.7 0.7 2.5 - 2.9 | 2.4 0.5 2.3 - 2.5 | 2.7 0.7 2.8 - 3.1 | <0.001 | 0.004 |
| Homo- cysteine | 0.7 0.1 0.7 - 0.8 | 1.2 0.2 1.1 - 1.2 | 0.8 0.1 0.7 - 0.8 | 1.2 0.2 1.1 - 1.2 | 0.8 0.1 0.8 - 0.9 | 1.2 0.2 1.1 - 1.2 | 0.8 0.1 0.8 - 0.9 | 1.1 0.2 1.1 - 1.1 | <0.001 | 0.07 |