Table 2. Frequency of albuminuria and/or retinopathy in subjects with or without various definitions of metabolic syndrome.
| Definitions | N | Isolated albuminuria | Isolated retinopathy | Concomitance of albuminuria wih retinopathy | |
| With MetS | IDF | 1070 | 230(21.5) | 38(3.6) | 21(2.0) |
| ATP III | 1442 | 298(20.7) | 49(3.4) | 26(1.8) | |
| CDS | 1046 | 223(21.3) | 41(3.9) | 21(2.0) | |
| P value | 0.863 | 0.785 | 0.925 | ||
| Without MetS | IDF | 2140 | 369(17.2) | 48(2.2) | 22(1.0) |
| ATP III | 1745 | 293(16.8) | 37(2.1) | 16(0.9) | |
| CDS | 2175 | 380(17.5) | 45(2.1) | 22(1.0) | |
| P value | 0.852 | 0.922 | 0.934 |
MetS, metabolic syndrome.