JIS Definition Identified More Malaysian Adults with Metabolic Syndrome Compared to the NCEP-ATP III and IDF Criteria

Table 5

Sensitivity, specificity, and level of agreement for metabolic syndrome as defined by the NCEP-ATP III and JIS definitions against the IDF definition.

Definitions	IDF
	No MetS	Yes MetS	Sensitivity	Specificity	Kappa index	P value
NCEP-ATP III
No MetS	5194 (93.9%)	1299 (39.3%)	60.7%	93.9%	0.580	<0.001*
Yes MetS	337 (6.1%)	2006 (60.7%)
JIS
No MetS	4981 (90.1%)	19 (0.6%)	99.4%	90.1%	0.867	<0.001*
Yes MetS	550 (9.9%)	3286 (99.4%)

∗P value < 0.05.