Study | Characteristics of study population | Threshold value | Criteria |
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Hedblad, 2000 [15] | N = 4,816 Sweden, population-based sample | ≥ 2.0 | 75th percentile |
Summer, 2008 [16] | N = 2804, U.S. NHANES population, age ≥ 20 yr., normal BMI and fasting glucose | ≥2.73 | 66th percentile |
Geloneze, 2006 [17] | N = 1317 Brazilian, age: 40 ± 12 yr, BMI: 34 ± 10 kg/m2 | ≥ 2.77 | 90th percentile |
Esteghamati, 2009 [18] | N = 1,276 Iranian, | ≥1.80 | ROC |
Age: 38 ± 12 yr, non-diabetic, normotensive | ≥1.95 | ROC | |
IDF-MetS | ≥1.6 | 75th percentile | |
ATPIII-MetS | ≥1.8 | 80th percentile | |
≥ 2.3 | 90th percentile | ||
Marques-Vidal, 2002 [19] | N = 1153, France, age: 35–64 yr, population based sample | ≥3.8 | 75th percentile |
Do, 2010 [20] | N = 738 Thailand, age: ≥35 yr, normal BMI and fasting glucose | 1.55 | 90th percentile |
Miccoli, 2005 [38] | N = 225 Italian, age: 40–79 yr, healthy subjects | ≥ 2.77 | 80th percentile |
Nakai, 2002 [22] | N = 161 Japanese, age: 41.6 ± 0.4 yr, healthy subjects | ≥ 1.7 | 90th percentile |
Ascaso, 2001 [39] | N = 140 Spanish, age: 7–16 yr | 3 | ROC |
Tome, 2009 [40] | N = 2860 Spanish, population based age: 18–104 yr, BMI: 26.2 ± 4.9 kg/m2 | 2 | ROC |