The US National Cholesterol Education Programme Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in a Chinese population.
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The US National Cholesterol Education Programme Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in a Chinese population. Applied to a representative sample of the Hong Kong Chinese population, the NCEP-ATP III criteria yielded a 16.7% prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (age- and gender-adjusted). Based on this result, 880 499 Hong Kong residents could have the syndrome. The actual figure is probably higher, since using the WHO criteria for waist circumference in adult Asians (≥ 80 cm in females or 90 cm in males) raised the prevalence rate to 21.2%.
Authors : Thomas GN, Ho SY, Janus ED, Lam KS, Hedley AJ, Lam TH; for the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study Steering Committee.
PMID/ref : Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2005;67:251-7
