A Comparison of the Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome among Sri Lankan Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Using WHO, NCEP-ATP III, and IDF Definitions

Table 4

Association between individual components and metabolic syndrome according to the three definitions.

Variables	IDF	WHO	NCEP-ATP III
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
High WC	2.85 (2.68- 3.03)		7.84 (6.54-9.23)
Low HDL	7.83 (6.19- 9.89)		12.81 (9.32-15.76)
TG>150	3.83 ( 3.11- 4.70)		5.26 (4.34-6.47)
HT	7.63 (6.45- 9.01)	12.46 ( 9.07-16.04)	7.31 (6.16-8.16)
High WHR or BMI		14.51 ( 13.46-16.74)
Micro-albuminuria		6.92 ( 5.62- 8.56)
TG>150 or; HDL<35 M, <39 F		6.19 (5.89-7.88)