Table 4.

Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in GEMCAS according to NCEP ATP III (2001) and IDF (2005) by education status (school years), age-group and sex

	Age-Group
	18–34			35–59			60–99
School Years	ATP III 2001	IDF 2005	IDF/NCEP	ATP III 2001	IDF 2005	IDF/NCEP	ATP III 2001	IDF 2005	IDF/NCEP
	Men (n = 12,341)
<10	9.5%	10.8%	1.14	30.0%	46.7%	1.56	40.2%	61.3%	1.52
= 10	7.5%	11.1%	1.48	24.5%	40.8%	1.67	31.6%	58.8%	1.86
>10	5.5%	9.3%	1.69	15.4%	30.5%	1.98	26.5%	52.5%	1.98
<10/>10	1.7	1.2		2.0	1.5		1.5	1.2
	Women (n = 19,979)
<10	8.8%	10.1%	1.15	25.1%	35.0%	1.39	40.8%	61.1%	1.50
= 10	4.8%	6.4%	1.33	14.1%	21.7%	1.54	29.2%	48.9%	1.67
>10	3.5%	4.7%	1.34	8.3%	14.1%	1.70	24.0%	42.4%	1.77
<10/>10	2.5	2.1		3.0	2.5		1.7	1.4