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Table 3 Number of cases and prevalence of MetS with 95% CI according to the different MetS definitions, by gender and age group

From: Comparison of metabolic syndrome prevalence using four different definitions – a population-based study in Finland

 

WHO (1998)

NCEP-ATP III (2004)

IDF (2005)

JIS (2009)

 

n

%

(95% CI)

n

%

(95% CI)

n

%

(95% CI)

n

%

(95% CI)

Total

n=5687

1007

17.7 (16.7-18.7)

1896

33.3 (32.1-34.5)

2360

41.5 (40.2-42.8)

2448

43.0 (41.8-44.3)

Male

Total

n=2621

588

22.4 (20.8-24.0)

927

35.4 (33.6-37.3)

1195

45.6 (43.7-47.5)

1260

48.1 (46.2-50.0)

Age group

25-34

15

4.0 (2.5-6.5)

54

14.5 (11.3-18.4)

63

16.9 (13.4-21.0)

72

19.3 (15.6-23.6)

35-44

30

7.1 (5.0-10.0)

101

24.0 (20.2-28.3)

130

30.9 (26.7-35.4)

141

33.5 (29.1-38.1)

45-54

101

21.2 (17.8-25.1)

185

38.9 (34.6-43.3)

233

48.9 (44.5-53.4)

247

51.9 (47.4-56.3)

55-64

179

30.0 (26.5-33.8)

263

44.1 (40.2-48.1)

333

55.9 (51.9-59.8)

346

58.1 (54.0-61.9)

65-74

188

36.2 (32.2-40.4)

246

47.4 (43.1-51.7)

313

60.3 (56.0-64.4)

320

61.7 (57.4-65.7)

75+

75

31.8 (26.2-38.0)

78

33.1 (27.4-39.3)

123

52.1 (45.8-58.4)

134

56.8 (50.4-62.9)

Female

Total

n=3066

419

13.7 (12.5-15.0)

969

31.6 (30.0-33.3)

1165

38.0 (36.3-39.7)

1188

38.7 (37.0-40.5)

Age group

25-34

4

0.9 (0.4-2.3)

25

5.8 (3.9-8.4)

29

6.7 (4.7-9.4)

31

7.1 (5.1-10.0)

35-44

13

2.6 (1.5-4.5)

64

13.0 (10.3-16.2)

88

17.8 (14.7-21.5)

88

17.8 (14.7-21.5)

45-54

48

8.8 (6.7-11.5)

150

27.5 (23.9-31.4)

177

32.4 (28.6-36.5)

179

32.8 (29.0-36.8)

55-64

89

14.4 (11.9-17.4)

239

38.7 (35.0-42.6)

279

45.2 (41.3-49.2)

285

46.2 (42.3-50.1)

65-74

142

23.4 (20.2-26.9)

289

47.6 (43.7-51.6)

350

57.7 (53.7-61.5)

358

59.0 (55.0-62.8)

75+

123

33.3 (28.7-38.3)

202

54.7 (49.6-59.7)

242

65.6 (60.6-70.2)

247

66.9 (62.0-71.5)