Table 3.

Numbers of MS, RES and NonMS cases as classified by the criteria of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (JMHWL), National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) and Joint Interim Statement (JIS)

Wives		Husbands
		JMHLW					NCEP			JIS
		MS	MSRES	MS + MSRES	NonMS	Total	MS	NonMS	Total	MS	NonMS	Total
MS	Number	2	2	4	8	12	5	19	24	7	21	28
	%	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.7	2.5	3.2	0.9	2.8	3.7
MSRES	Number	6	5	11	17	28
	%	0.8	0.7	1.5	2.2	3.7
MS + MSRES	Number	8	7	15	25	40
	%	1.1	0.9	2.0	3.3	5.4
NonMS	Number	82	104	186	530	716	77	655	732	98	630	728
	%	10.8	13.8	24.6	70.1	94.7	10.2	86.6	96.8	13.0	83.3	96.4
Total	Number	90	111	201	555	756	82	674	756	105	651	756
	%	11.9	14.7	26.6	73.4	100.0	10.8	89.2	100.0	13.8	86.1	100.0

JMHLW for reference [6], NCEP for reference [2] and JIS for reference [17]

MS, metabolic syndrome group; MSRES, MS reserve group; NonMS, non-metabolic syndrome group