Metabolic Syndrome according to Three Definitions in Hammam-Sousse Sahloul Heart Study: A City Based Tunisian Study

Table 2

Prevalence of MetS in general population and by age group and gender according to NCEP ATP III 2001 [6], IDF 2005 [7], and JIS 2009 [8] definitions.

	NCEP ATP III 2001 [6]; 𝑛 (%)	IDF 2005 [7]; 𝑛 (%)	JIS 2009 [8]; 𝑛 (%)
Gender
Men (𝑛=364)	104 (28.6%)	140 (38.5%)	152 (41.8%)
	103 (28.20%)**	113 (31.19%)**	111 (30.68%)**
Women (𝑛=757)	227 (30%)	290 (38.3%)	292 (38.6%)
	190 (25.13%)**	203 (26.79%)**	202 (26.75%)**
𝑃	0.627	0.961	0.307
Age groups
20–29 (𝑛=174)	12 (6.9%)	22 (12.7%)	22 (12.7%)
30–39 (𝑛=198)	25 (12.6%)	40 (20.2%)	41 (20.7%)
40–49 (𝑛=272)	55 (20.3%)	88 (32.5%)	91 (33.6%)
50–59 (𝑛=211)	88 (41.9%)	114 (54.3%)	118 (56.2%)
60–69 (𝑛=137)	78 (57.4%)	83 (60.3%)	86 (63.2%)
≥70 (𝑛=129)	72 (55.8%)	83 (64.3%)	85 (65.9%)
𝑃	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
General population (𝑛=1121)	331 (29.5%); 314 (28.01%)*	430 (38.4%); 398 (35.5%)*	444 (39.6%); 391 (34.87%)*

∗Adjusted to human gender and the class of age according to the census of the population in 2004.
**Adjusted to class of age according to the census of the population in 2004.