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<Journal>
<PublisherName></PublisherName>
<JournalTitle>International Journal of Preventive Medicine</JournalTitle>
<Issn>2008-7802</Issn>
<Volume>2</Volume>
<Issue>4</Issue>
<PubDate>
<Year>2011</Year>
<Month>04</Month>
<Day>21</Day>
</PubDate>
</Journal>
<ArticleTitle>The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome According to Various Definitions and Hypertriglyceridemic-Waist in Malaysian Adults</ArticleTitle>
<FirstPage>132</FirstPage>
<LastPage>132</LastPage>
<Language>EN</Language>
<AuthorList>
<Author>
<FirstName>Laila Ruwaida</FirstName>
<MiddleName>Mohd</MiddleName>
<LastName>Zainuddin</LastName>
</Author>
<Author>
<FirstName>Nur Firdaus</FirstName>
<LastName>Isa</LastName>
</Author>
<Author>
<FirstName>Wan Manan</FirstName>
<LastName>Wan Muda</LastName>
</Author>
<Author>
<FirstName>Hamid Jan</FirstName>
<LastName>Mohamed</LastName>
<Affiliation>Nutrition Program, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia.. hamidjan@kb.usm.my</Affiliation>
</Author>
</AuthorList>
<History>
<PubDate>
<Year>2011</Year>
<Month>02</Month>
<Day>23</Day>
</PubDate>
<PubDate>
<Year>2011</Year>
<Month>04</Month>
<Day>17</Day>
</PubDate>
<PubDate>
<Year>2011</Year>
<Month>04</Month>
<Day>07</Day>
</PubDate>
</History>
<Abstract>Objectives: Metabolic&nbsp; syndrome&nbsp; can&nbsp; be&nbsp; diagnosed&nbsp; according&nbsp; to several&nbsp; different&nbsp; criteria&nbsp; such&nbsp; as&nbsp; the&nbsp; latest&nbsp; International Diabetes Federation (IDF), National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment&nbsp; Program&nbsp; III&nbsp; (NCEP ATPIII),&nbsp; and World Health Organization (WHO). The objectives of this study were to determine the&nbsp; prevalence&nbsp; of metabolic&nbsp; syndrome&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; concordance&nbsp; between&nbsp; the above mentioned definition, and hypertriglyceridemicwaist criteria. Methods: This cross sectional study was done in Bachok, Malaysia and involved 298 respondents aged between 18 to 70 years. Multistage&nbsp; random&nbsp; sampling method was&nbsp; used&nbsp; to&nbsp; identify&nbsp; study&nbsp; locations while&nbsp; convenient&nbsp; random&nbsp; sampling method was&nbsp; applied&nbsp; to select individuals. Hypertriglyceridemic waist was defined from an internationally acceptable cut-off criterion. Kappa statistic&nbsp; (&kappa; test) was&nbsp; used&nbsp; to&nbsp; determine&nbsp; the&nbsp; concordance&nbsp; between&nbsp; various&nbsp; definitions and hypertriglyceridemic-waist. Results: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome based on different definitions was&nbsp; 32.2%&nbsp; (IDF),&nbsp; 28.5%&nbsp; (NCEP ATP&nbsp; III)&nbsp; and&nbsp; 12.4% (modified WHO).&nbsp; The&nbsp; prevalence&nbsp; of&nbsp; hypertriglyceridemic-waist was 19.7% and based on&nbsp; the&nbsp; IDF criteria a&nbsp; total of 97.5% participants&nbsp; with&nbsp; hypertriglyceridemic-waist&nbsp; had&nbsp; metabolic&nbsp; syndrome. The&nbsp; IDF&nbsp; criteria&nbsp; showed&nbsp; the&nbsp; highest&nbsp; concordance&nbsp; with&nbsp; NCEP ATPIII criteria (&kappa; = 0.63), followed by hypertriglyceridemic-waist criteria (&kappa; = 0.62) and WHO criteria (&kappa; = 0.26). Conclusions: The prevalence of metabolic&nbsp; syndrome was highest using&nbsp; the&nbsp; IDF&nbsp; criteria&nbsp; compared&nbsp; to&nbsp; NCEP&nbsp; ATPIII,&nbsp; modified WHO and hypertriglyceridemic-waist. There was a good concordance&nbsp; of&nbsp; IDF&nbsp; criteria&nbsp; with&nbsp; NCEP&nbsp; ATP&nbsp; III&nbsp; and&nbsp; hypertriglyceridemic-waist criteria. Keywords:&nbsp; Hypertriglyceridemic-waist,&nbsp; Metabolic&nbsp; syndrome, Malaysia.</Abstract>
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