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Research Article

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]
(%)		 IDF 2005 [7] 
(%)		JIS 2009 [8]
(%)
Gender   
 Men ( )104 (28.6%)140 (38.5%)152 (41.8%)
103 (28.20%)**113 (31.19%)**111 (30.68%)**
 Women ( ) 227 (30%)290 (38.3%)292 (38.6%)
190 (25.13%)**203 (26.79%)**202 (26.75%)**
  0.627 0.961 0.307
Age groups   
 20–29 ( )12 (6.9%)22 (12.7%)22 (12.7%)
 30–39 ( )25 (12.6%)40 (20.2%)41 (20.7%)
 40–49 ( )55 (20.3%)88 (32.5%)91 (33.6%)
 50–59 ( )88 (41.9%)114 (54.3%)118 (56.2%)
 60–69 ( )78 (57.4%)83 (60.3%)86 (63.2%)
 ≥70 ( )72 (55.8%)83 (64.3%)85 (65.9%)
  <0.001<0.001<0.001
General population ( )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.