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Table 3 Present of cardiovascular events based on different definition of metabolic syndrome

From: Does the impact of metabolic syndrome on cardiovascular events vary by using different definitions?

  

Cardiovascular event

 
  

No

Yes

P

Presence of MetS by different definitions

MetS (N)

N (%)

N (%)

 

 WHO definition

Yes (766)

568 (11.8)

198 (25.5)

< 0.001

No (4818)

4241 (88.2)

577 (74.5)

 

 EGIR definition

Yes (507)

386 (8.0)

121 (15.6)

< 0.001

No (5077)

4423 (92.0)

654 (84.4)

 

 ATPIII definition

Yes (1701)

1337 (27.8)

364 (47.0)

< 0.001

No (3883)

3472 (72.2)

411 (53.0)

 

 AHA-NHBI definition

Yes (2093)

1681 (35.0)

412 (53.2)

< 0.001

No (3491)

3128 (65.0)

363 (46.8)

 

 IDFa definition

Yes (1595)

1266 (26.3)

329 (42.5)

< 0.001

No (3989)

3543 (73.7)

446 (57.5)

 

 JIS definition

Yes (1773)

1397 (29.0)

376 (48.5)

< 0.001

No (3811)

3412 (71.0)

399 (51.5)

 

Cardiovascular risk factors

 Age (years)

 

49.8 ± 11.3

58.0 ± 11.6

< 0.001

 FBS (mg/dl)

 

87.0 ± 29.9

101.1 ± 48.5

< 0.001

 Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)

 

212.2 ± 51.5

228.8 ± 55.8

< 0.001

 HDL-C (mg/dl)

 

46.9 ± 10.4

47.0 ± 10.6

0.87

 LDL-C (mg/dl)

 

127.6 ± 42.9

138.4 ± 46.3

< 0.001

 Triglyceride (mg/dl)

 

188.2 ± 101.7

217.4 ± 114.5

< 0.001

 Waist circumference (cm)

 

94.4 ± 12.2

97.4 ± 12.4

< 0.001

 BMI

 

26.6 ± 4.4

27.2 ± 4.7

< 0.001

 Systolic BP (mmHg)

 

120.1 ± 20.0

133.5 ± 24.2

< 0.001

 Diastolic BP (mmHg)

 

77.7 ± 11.2

83.1 ± 12.8

< 0.001

 Daily Physical Activity (Mets/h

 

882.4 ± 544.9

755.1 ± 562.9

< 0.001

 Smoking

   

< 0.05

 Current smoker

 

769 (16.0)

139 (18.0)

 

 Past smoker

 

270 (5.6)

64 (8.3)

 

 Never smoker

 

3763 (78.4)

570 (73.7)

 
  1. Data presented as number (percent) or mean ± Standard deviation
  2. aWaist Circumference ≥ 95 for both sexes