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Table 3 Agreement between each definition of the metabolic syndrome.a

From: The relation of metabolic syndrome according to five definitions to cardiovascular risk factors - a population-based study

 

NCEP

IDF

AHA

WHO

Men

    

IDF

0.63 (0.57-0.70)

   

AHA

0.84 (0.80-0.88)

0.64 (0.58-0.69)

  

WHO

0.49 (0.42-0.56)

0.40 (0.32-0.48)

0.43 (0.36-0.49)

 

EGIR

0.44 (0.37-0.52)

0.47 (0.39-0.55)

0.37 (0.31-0.44)

0.64 (0.56-0.71)

Women

    

IDF

0.68 (0.62-0.75)

   

AHA

0.85 (0.81-0.90)

0.77 (0.71-0.82)

  

WHO

0.49 (0.42-0.57)

0.43 (0.35-0.51)

0.43 (0.36-0.50)

 

EGIR

0.40 (0.32-0.48)

0.40 (0.32-0.49)

0.37 (0.30-0.43)

0.65 (0.57-0.74)

  1. a: kappa statistics and their 95% confidence interval were presented.
  2. National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP-III), International Diabetes Federation (IDF), American Heart Association and National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (AHA/NHLBI), World Health Organization (WHO), European Group for the Study of Insulin Resistance (EGIR).