Figure 1

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its individual components by outcome status among 4,468 participants in the Shanghai Diabetes Study. * Criteria based on waist circumference according to the Working Group on Obesity in China, International Life Science Association. 2001: men >= 85 cm and women >= 80 cm. †Criteria according to the World Health Organization/International Society of Hypertension (WHO/ISH). 1999. ‡Criteria according to Chinese Cardiovascular Disease Association. 1997: Triglycerides <= 1.70 mmol/L; HDL-Cholesterol >= 1.04 mmol/L. § Criteria according to Chinese Diabetes Society, 2004 (three or more of the following conditions): 1. BMI ≥ 25.0 kg/m2; 2. fasting glucose ≥ 110 mg/dl (6.1 mmol/L) or 2-h plasma glucose ≥ 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/L) or diabetes patients; 3. Blood pressure: ≥ 140/90 mmHg or Hypertension patients; 4. triglycerides ≥ 150 mg/dl or HDL cholesterol: men < 35 mg/dl, women < 39 mg/dl. || Criteria according to National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III, 2002) (three or more of the following conditions): 1. abdominal obesity: waist circumference: men > 102 cm, women > 88cm); 2. triglycerides >= 150 mg/dL; 3. HDL cholesterol: men < 40 mg/dL, women < 50 mg/dL; 4. blood pressure 135/85 mm Hg; 5. fasting glucose >= 110 mg/dL.