title: [A study on the difference between International Diabetes Federation worldwide definition and Adult Treatment Panel III in diagnosing metabolic syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the difference between the metabolic syndrome (MS) diagnosis made with International Diabetes Federation (IDF) worldwide definition and the Adult Treatment Panel III (ATPIII) of National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP).
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study and descriptive study were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 1328 MS patients diagnosed with IDF and 1527 MS patients diagnosed with ATPIII. There were 199 MS patients diagnosed with ATPIII but not with IDF and these MS patients all had 3 - 4 risk factors. According to the abnormality of glucose, blood pressure and lipid regulation stated in ATPIII criteria, 759 more patients were diagnosed as MS than with IDF criteria.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MS diagnosed with ATPIII criteria is more objective than with IDF criteria and ATPIII criteria has more space for further theoretical study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumchi 830054, China. xiezijing@medmail.com.cn
authors.forename: Zi-Jing
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Nian-Kun
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Xin-Min
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Lin-Lin
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019934:International Normalized Ratio; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio / Q000592:standards*