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

Table 4

Factors associated with metabolic syndrome according to the ATP III, IDF, and JIS definitions among Malaysian adults ≥30 years of age.

Metabolic syndrome definitions	NCEP-ATP III (2001)		IDF (2005)		JIS (2009)
	Odds ratio; (95% CI)	P value	Odds ratio; (95% CI)	P value	Odds ratio; (95% CI)	P value
Location
Urban	1.00		1.00		1.00
Rural	1.06 (0.94–1.20)	0.326	0.87 (0.79–1.02)	0.086	0.89 (0.80–1.00)	0.058
Gender
Male	1.00		1.00		1.00
Female	1.29 (1.17–1.44)	<0.001*	1.19 (1.09–1.31)	<0.001*	1.02 (0.93–1.12)	0.616
Age (years)
30–39	1.00		1.00		1.00
40–49	1.39 (1.13–1.73)	<0.001*	1.63 (1.35–1.97)	<0.001*	1.56 (1.30–1.87)	<0.001*
50–59	2.26 (1.83–2.79)	<0.001*	2.72 (2.25–3.27)	<0.001*	2.72 (2.27–3.25)	<0.001*
≥60	2.34 (1.87–2.92)	<0.001*	2.67 (2.18–3.26)	<0.001*	3.08 (3.54–3.70)	<0.001*
Ethnicity
Malay	1.00		1.00		1.00
Chinese	0.44 (0.36–0.53)	<0.001*	0.53 (0.45–0.62)	<0.001*	0.56 (0.49–0.66)	<0.001*
Indian	1.02 (0.77–1.37)	0.867	1.48 (1.14–1.92)	0.003*	1.54 (1.18–1.99)	<0.001*
Indigenous groups	0.60 (0.50–0.72)	<0.001*	0.56 (0.47–0.66)	<0.001*	0.63 (0.54–0.73)	<0.001*
Education level
No formal education	1.00		1.00		1.00
Primary	1.16 (0.99–1.37)	0.067	1.34 (1.15–1.58)	<0.001*	1.18 (1.01–1.37)	0.029*
Secondary	1.05 (0.89–1.25)	0.544	1.25 (1.06–1.48)	0.009*	1.12 (0.96–1.31)	0.147
Tertiary	0.77 (0.63–0.95)	0.012*	1.04 (0.86–1.27)	0.673	0.92 (0.76–1.10)	0.350

∗P value < 0.05.