Fig. 1

Venn diagrams showing the agreement and disparity in the diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome defined by IDF, the revised ATP III and JCDCG criteria among those 3879 men and 6288 women who qualified for the diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome by at least one of these definitions. Abbreviations: IDF: International Diabetes Federation; the revised ATP III: the American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute updated the ATP III; JCDCG: the Joint Committee for Developing Chinese Guidelines