Table 4.

Meta-analysis of the association between non-HDL-C with metabolic syndrome.

	Sample size	Pooled OR (CI)	Heterogeneity
			Chi-square	I2	p-value	model
By study population
Adults	8549	3.53 (2.29-4.78)	14.46	72.3	0.006	Random
Children	9311	2.27 (1.65-2.90)	3.10	35.5	0.212	Fixed
By MetS definition
ATP III	12490	3.77 (2.14-5.39)	24.36	83.6	0.001	Random
IDF	5370	2.71 (1.98-3.44)	1.03	0.0	0.598	Fixed

MetS, metabolic syndrome; ATP III, Adult Treatment Panel III; IDF, The International Diabetes Federation.