Table 3.

Urban and rural prevalence of metabolic syndrome

Country	Study details (Study date; Study setting; Sample size; Age group)	Metabolic Syndrome definition	Urban [95% CI]	Rural [95% CI]
China [28, 29]	2000–2001; National; N – 15540; 35–74 years	NCEP ATP III	18.6 [17.6–19.6]	12.7 [10.7–13.1]
	2007–2008; National; N – 47325 > 20 years	IDF	26.5 [NR]	22.1 [NR]
Malaysia [19]	2008; National; N – 4341; > 18 years	NCEP ATP III	36.0a [33.9–38.0]	32.6a [30.6–34.6]
		IDF	39.1a [37.1–41.2]	35.0a [33.0–37.1]
Mongolia [31]	2009; National; N – 1911 ≥ 40 years	IDF	31.7a [NR]	34.1a [NR]
Sri Lanka [30]	2005–2006; National; N – 4485; > 18 years	IDF	34.8 [31.8–37.9]	21.6 [20.2–23.0]

CI Confidence Interval, NR Not Reported

^aCrude Prevalence