Table 6.

Degree of agreement between WHO, NCEP ATP III, IDF and H_MS definitions in diagnosing metabolic syndrome (Kappa Statistic)

Criteria	NCEP total	NCEP post	NCEP pre	IDF total	IDF post	IDF pre	H_MS total	H_MS post	H_MS pre
WHO total	0.53 ± 0.08			0.47 ± 0.06			0.47 ± 0.06
WHO post		0.53 ± 0.08			0.46 ± 0.08			0.44 ± 0.08
WHO pre			0.56 ± 0.11			0.39 ± 0.10			0.42 ± 0.10
IDF total	0.54 ± 0.08
IDF post		0.54 ± 0.08
IDF pre			0.70 ± 0.08
H_MS total	0.56 ± 0.08			0.97 ± 0.02
H_MS post		0.56 ± 0.08			0.98 ± 0.02
H_MS pre			0.76 ± 0.07			0.96 ± 0.03

Data are presented as weighted Kappa ± standard error (SE). WHO total, WHO post and WHO pre: definition of metabolic syndrome in the total population, postmenopausal and premenopausal group respectively using WHO criterion, NCEP total, NCEP post and NCEP pre: definition of metabolic syndrome in the total population, postmenopausal and premenopausal group respectively using NCEP criterion, IDF total, IDF post and IDF pre: definition of metabolic syndrome in the total population, postmenopausal and premenopausal group respectively using IDF criterion, H_MS total, H_MS post and H_MS pre: definition of metabolic syndrome in the total population, postmenopausal and premenopausal group respectively using H_MS criterion.