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 5

General characteristics of the subjects with metabolic syndrome according to the three definitions.


Variables	IDF		WHO		NCEP-ATP III
Variables	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD

Duration of diabetes in years	5.5	5.90	5.1	5.74	5.1	5.44
Age in years	47.6	78.63	46.1	62.29	47.3	68.81
Waist circumference (cm)	94.4	7.59	93.0^#	8.89	94.4	10.09
Body mass index (kg/m²)	25.8	3.94	25.2^#	4.16	26.0	4.64
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	131.4†	17.00	128.4^#	17.00	133.6	16.76
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	80.8†	9.63	79.7^#	9.17	81.8	9.41
(%)	7.3	1.06	7.3	0.99	7.3	1.16
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	201.6	42.05	200.3	40.19	201.6	42.43
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL	124.6	39.16	123.8	36.81	123.9	38.92
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	49.0†	9.49	49.9^#	8.97	48.1	9.98

P< 0.05 compared to WHO criteria.
† p < 0.05 compared to NCEP-ATP III criteria.
p < 0.05 compared to NCEP-ATP III criteria.