Table 5 Prevalence and factors associated with Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) according to the modified NCEP-ATP III criteria, using logistic regression, among adult outpatients (N = 325) at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Sex

Male

1.00

–

1.00

–

Women

1.31 (0.76,2.25)

0.34

1.88 (0.93,3.80)

0.08

Age, years

< 30

1.00

–

1.00

–

30–50

1.10 (0.64,1.89)

0.74

1.88 (0.72,4.87)

0.19

≥51

2.93 (1.65,5.21)

0.0002

4.15 (1.43,12.04)

0.01

Ethnicity

Oromo

1.00

–

1.00

–

Amhara

2.12 (1.22,3.70)

0.01

2.36 (1.14,4.88)

0.02

Others

0.91 (0.47,1.76)

0.79

1.84 (0.78,4.37)

0.17

Marital status

Single

1.00

–

1.00

–

Married

1.24 (0.70,2.19)

0.46

1.37 (0.49,3.82)

0.55

Divorced/ widowed

2.33 (1.17, 4.67)

0.02

1.95 (0.65,6.85)

0.29

Income, birr

<  2000

1.00

–

1.00

–

2000–4000

1.37 (0.65,2.88)

0.41

2.37 (0.93,6.05)

0.07

≥4000

1.62 (0.71,3.69)

0.25

3.31 (1.11,9.84)

0.03

Education

Primary school or less

1.00

–

1.00

–

Secondary school or more

1.72 (0.98,3.03)

0.06

2.19 (1.05,4.59)

0.04

Occupation

Other employees/ students

1.00

–

1.00

–

Government employees

0.98 (0.46,2.08)

0.95

0.46 (0.16,1.31)

0.14

Unemployed

1.59 (0.92,2.75)

0.09

1.18 (0.58,2.40)

0.64

Weight, BMI in kg/m2

Normal (18.5–24.9)

1.00

–

1.00

–

Underweight(< 18.5)

0.53 (0.18,1.57)

0.25

0.82 (0.23,2.86)

0.75

Overweight (25.0–29.9)

2.80 (1.50,5.23)

0.001

2.21 (1.03,4.71)

0.04

Obese (≥30.0)

2.72 (0.75,9.94)

0.13

1.65 (0.35,7.90)

0.53

Adding salt before or during eating

No

1.00

–

1.00

–

Yes

0.49 (0.28,0.87)

0.01

0.59 (0.31,1.13)

0.11

Doing exercise

Yes

1.00

–

1.00

–

No

0.20 (0.03,1.94)

0.19

0.18 (0.01,3.95)

0.28