Research Article
JIS Definition Identified More Malaysian Adults with Metabolic Syndrome Compared to the NCEP-ATP III and IDF Criteria
Table 2
Demographic characteristics of the study subjects.
| Demographic characteristics | |
| All subjects, n (%) | 8836 (100) | Mean age in years (±SD) | 53.21 (±10.6) | Location, n (%) | | Urban | 4757 (53.8) | Rural | 4079 (46.2) | Gender, n (%) | | Male | 3766 (42.6) | Female | 5070 (57.4) | Ethnic group, n (%) | | Malays | 6408 (72.5) | Chinese | 1085 (12.3) | Indians | 280 (3.2) | Indigenous groups | 1063 (12.0) | Education attainment, n (%)* | | No formal education | 1227 (14.7) | Primary | 2182 (26.1) | Secondary | 3236 (38.7) | Tertiary | 1715 (20.5) |
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Number not equal to due to missing data ().
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