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. 2020 Apr 6;10(4):e035216. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035216

Table 7.

Agreement of the three criteria

Criteria Male (n=37 500) Female (n=27 402) Total (n=64 902)
Number % Number % Number %
CDS 2013 vs IDF 2005
(+) (+) 9093 24.2 1800 6.6 10 893 16.8
(+) (−) 2201 5.9 266 1.0 2467 3.8
(−) (+) 2215 5.9 3657 13.3 5872 9.0
(−) (−) 23 991 64.0 21 679 79.1 45 670 70.4
Kappa value, 95% CI 0.720* (0.712 to 0.728) 0.414* (0.400 to 0.428) 0.641* (0.633 to 0.649)
CDS 2013 vs harmonising criteria 2009
(+) (+) 10 968 29.2 2066 7.5 13 034 20.1
(+) (−) 326 0.9 0 0 326 0.5
(−) (+) 6860 18.3 4749 17.3 11 609 17.9
(−) (−) 19 346 51.6 20 587 75.1 39 933 61.5
Kappa value, 95% CI 0.609* (0.601 to 0.617) 0.395* (0.383 to 0.407) 0.572* (0.566 to 0.578)
IDF 2005 vs harmonising criteria 2009
(+) (+) 11 061 29.5 5457 19.9 16 518 25.5
(+) (−) 247 0.7 0 0 247 0.4
(−) (+) 6767 18.0 1358 5.0 8125 12.5
(−) (−) 19 425 51.8 20 587 75.1 40 012 61.6
Kappa value, 95% CI 0.618* (0.610 to 0.626) 0.858* (0.850 to 0.866) 0.708* (0.702 to 0.714)

The differences between every two criteria were evaluated by χ2 test. ‘+’ means that patient was diagnosed as metabolic syndrome by the given criteria; ‘−’ means that patient was no metabolic syndrome by the given criteria.

*P value<0.001.

CDS, China Diabetes Society; IDF, International Diabetes Federation.