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

Table 3

The overall and age-adjusted prevalence of metabolic syndrome according to the NCEP-ATP III, IDF, and JIS definitions by location, gender, ethnic group, and education attainment.

Demographic characteristics	Total number of subjects	NCEP-ATP III (2001)	IDF (2005)	JIS (2009)
		Prevalence (95% confidence interval)
Overall	8836	26.5 (25.6–27.4)	37.4 (36.3–38.4)	43.4 (42.3–44.4)
P value		<0.001*
Location
Urban	4757	25.0 (23.8–26.2)	39.0 (37.7–40.4)	44.6 (43.2–46.0)
Rural	4079	28.5 (27.1–29.9)	36.3 (34.8–37.7)	42.5 (41.0–44.0)
P value		0.001*	0.002*	0.018*
Gender
Male	3766	24.1 (22.7–25.4)	36.1 (34.6–37.7)	43.8 (42.3–45.4)
Female	5070	28.9 (27.6–30.1)	39.3 (38.0–40.6)	43.9 (42.6–45.2)
P value		<0.001*	0.001*	0.777
Ethnic group
Malays	6408	29.1 (28.0–30.2)	40.2 (39.1–41.4)	46.0 (44.8–47.1)
Chinese	1085	15.4 (13.3–17.6)	27.9 (25.3–30.5)	33.4 (30.7–36.0)
Indians	280	30.1 (25.3–34.9)	50.8 (45.6–56.0)	56.5 (51.4–61.7)
Indigenous groups	1063	20.7 (18.5–23.2)	26.3 (23.6–29.1)	32.5 (29.6–35.4)
P value		<0.001*	<0.001*	<0.001*
Education attainment
No formal education	1227	25.4 (22.6–28.2)	32.3 (29.2–35.4)	39.8 (36.6–43.0)
Primary	2182	29.4 (27.4–31.3)	38.5 (36.4–40.5)	44.4 (42.3–46.6)
Secondary	3236	27.1 (25.5–28.8)	39.4 (37.7–41.2)	44.9 (43.1–46.7)
Tertiary	1715	19.5 (17.4–21.6)	35.3 (32.8–37.7)	40.8 (38.3–43.4)
P value		<0.001*	0.03*	0.362

∗P value < 0.05.