Analysis of the Agreement Between the World Health Organization Criteria and the National Cholesterol Education Program-III Definition of the Metabolic Syndrome
Results from a population-based survey
- Carlos A. Aguilar-Salinas, MD1,
- Rosalba Rojas, PHD2,
- Francisco J. Gómez-Pérez, MD1,
- Victoria Valles, MD1,
- Juan Manuel Ríos-Torres, MD1,
- Aurora Franco, PHD2,
- Gustavo Olaiz, PHD2,
- Juan A. Rull, MD1 and
- Jaime Sepulveda, PHD2
- 1Departamento de Endocrinología y Metabolismo del Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán,” Mexico City, México
- 2Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
Our objective was to evaluate the diagnostic proficiency of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP)-III definitions (1,2) for the metabolic syndrome in a Mexican nationwide, population-based survey. Details of the sampling procedures have been previously described (3). The population was composed of 2,158 men and women aged 20–69 years sampled after a 9- to 12-h fasting period. For the WHO criteria, insulin resistance was diagnosed if a nondiabetic …
