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Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in our study population according to the three definitions.
| Definition used | Metabolic syndrome present (N;%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | |
| WHO | 286 (74%) | 559 (90.8%) | 845 (84.5%) |
| IDF | 254 (65.9%) | 541 (87.9%) | 795 (79.5%) |
| NCEP ATP | 246 (63.8%) | 534 (86.8%) | 780 (78%) |
