Table 2.

Sensitivity and specificity estimates from the latent class analysis of the third report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel, International Diabetes Federation, and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists definitions in identifying the cases of metabolic syndrome in Iranian middle-aged population

	Sensitivity (95% CI)	Specificity (95% CI)
IDF	98.9 (98.5-99.4)	94.6 (93.6-95.8)
NCEP ATP III	94.4 (93.5-95.3)	97.0 (96.2-97.8)
AACE	91.1 (90.0-92.2)	98.4 (98.8-99.0)

CI=Confidence interval; NCEP ATP III=The third report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel; IDF=International Diabetes Federation; AACE=American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists