Metabolic syndrome according to different definitions in a rapidly developing country of the African region

Table 5 Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in the Seychelles and in other populations, according to different definitions of the metabolic syndrome

				ATP			WHO			IDF
Place	Population	Age	n	M	W	All	M	W	All	M	W	All
*Africa*
Seychelles	Nation wide	25–64	1218	24	32	28	25	25	25	25	35	30
Tunisia [3]	City of Tunis	≥ 40	863	15	31	24	26	31	29	30	56	46
Cameroon[17]	City of Yaoundé and three rural villages	24–74	1573	< 0.5	< 0.2	-	< 8	< 6	-	< 2	< 2	-
*Americas*
USA [4]	NHANES 1999–2002	≥ 20	3601	34	35	35	-	-	-	41	37	39
Mexico [5]	Nation wide	20–69	2158	29	25	27	13	14	14	-	-	-
*Europe*
Turkey [6]	Istanbul (urban) and Kayseri (rural)	> 20	1568	41	43	38	23	18	19	46	48	42
Portugal [7]	City of Porto	18–92	1433	32	40	37	30	24	26	38	44	42
Canary Island [8]	Nation wide	> 30	1030	28	29	28	33	24	28	-	-	-
Norway [9]	North-Trondelag Health Study (HUNT 2)	20–89	10,206	27	25	26	-	-	-	29	30	30
Germany [10]	PROCAM study	16–65	7131	25	18	-	-	-	-	32	23	-
Greece [11]	Representative sample of Greek adults	> 18	9,669	25	24	25	-	-	-	-	-	43
*Asia*
Samoa [12]	Population-based (DETECT 2)	> 35	1344	39	57	-	22	26	-	45	60	-
Australia [12]	Population-based (DETECT 2)	> 35	9409	36	28	-	26	18	-	42	33	-
Korea [13]	Korean National Health and Nutrition Survey	≥ 20	6601	18	21	19	-	-	-	15	24	20
India [14]	City of Chennai	≥ 20	2350	17	19	18	27	20	23	23	28	26
Taiwan [15]	Taiwan National Nutrition and Health Survey	≥ 19	2608	12	17	-	-	-	-	6	13	-
Japan [12]	Population-based (DETECT 2)	> 35	2016	8	10	-	3	3	-	8	11	-
China [16]	Two agricultural counties	25–64	18,630	5	12	8	-	-	-	4	11	7

Men: men; W: women, ATP: National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel III; WHO: World Health Organization, IDF: International Diabetes Federation.

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