The Study for the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Associated Factors in an Urban City- Comparison of Agreement for Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome Among the WHO, NCEP ATP III and Taiwan Definitions
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Prediabetes
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
- Enrollment
- 3000
- Locations
- 1
- Last Updated
- 20 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The secondary objective is to evaluate the agreement between these criteria and the prevalence of concordant and discordant according to different criteria.
Detailed Description
Up to now, there has been to uniform case definition for the metabolic syndrome. The World Health Organization and the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel (ATP III), and Bureau of Health Promotion, Taiwan proposed different criteria for the metabolic syndrome. Therefore, the secondary objective is to evaluate the agreement between these criteria and the prevalence of concordant and discordant according to different criteria. Three thousand persons will be randomly selected from resident of Taichung City. All the participants will fulfill a structured questionnaire. Blood pressure, anthropometric variables are measured. Biochemical markers are analyzed by a biochemical autoanalyzer. Kappa will be used to estimate the agreement between different criteria.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Residents aged 40 and over of Taichung City, Taiwan in October, 2004.
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified