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Table 5 Sensitivity, specificity, and level of agreement of NCEP ATP III and modified NCEP ATP III for MetS using IDF as standard definition

From: Prevalence of undiagnosed metabolic syndrome using three different definitions and identifying associated risk factors among apparently healthy adults in Karachi, Pakistan: a cross-sectional survey in the year 2022

Definition

IDF

Sensitivity

Specificity

Cohen’s Kappa Index

p-value

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

NCEP ATP III

62.7 (57.3–67.8)

96.7 (95.1–97.9)

0.645

< 0.001

Modified NCEP ATP III

94.7 (91.9–96.8)

100 (99.4–100)

0.960

< 0.001