Table 4 Number of components of the metabolic syndrome (waist circumference not included) present among obese participants
A. Number of MetS component (strict criteria) | Estonia | Finland | Germany | Italy | The Netherlands | Norway | UK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EGCUT | DILGOM | Health2000 | KORA | CHRIS | MICROS | Lifelines | PREVEND | HUNT2 | NCDS | |
Total N | 2,053 | 946 | 1,342 | 786 | 130 | 157 | 9,934 | 1,137 | 9,922 | 1,669 |
0 criteria present (%) | 242 (11.8) | 46 (4.9) | 76 (5.7) | 98 (12.5) | 38 (29.2) | 18 (11.5) | 1,808 (18.2) | 120 (10.6) | 755 (7.6) | 305 (18.3) |
1 criterium present (%) | 793 (38.6) | 222 (23.5) | 326 (24.3) | 243 (31.0) | 40 (30.8) | 72 (45.9) | 3,656 (36.8) | 336 (29.6) | 3,261 (32.9) | 582 (34.9) |
2 criteria present (%) | 689 (33.6) | 309 (32.7) | 400 (29.8) | 227 (28.9) | 31 (23.9) | 45 (28.7) | 2,604 (26.2) | 323 (28.4) | 2,916 (29.4) | 565 (33.9) |
3 criteria present (%) | 270 (13.2) | 269 (28.4) | 393 (29.3) | 147 (18.7) | 15 (11.5) | 20 (12.7) | 1,456 (14.7) | 286 (25.2) | 2,445(24.6) | 169 (10.1) |
4 criteria present (%) | 59 (2.9) | 100 (10.6) | 147 (11.0) | 71 (9.0) | 6 (4.6) | 2 (1.3) | 410 (4.1) | 72 (6.3) | 545 (5.5) | 48 (2.9) |
B. Number of MetS components (less strict criteria) | Estonia | Finland | Germany | Italy | The Netherlands | Norway | UK | |||
| Â | EGCUT | DILGOM | Health2000 | KORA | CHRIS | MICROS | LifeLines | PREVEND | HUNT2 | NCDS |
Total N | 2,053 | 946 | 1,342 | 786 | 130 | 157 | 9,934 | 1,137 | 9,922 | 1,669 |
0 criteria present (%) | 381 (18.6) | 112 (11.8) | 134 (10.0) | 140 (17.8) | 53 (40.8) | 29 (18.5) | 2,767 (27.9) | 172 (15.1) | 1,335 (13.5) | 452 (27.1) |
1 criterium present (%) | 778 (37.9) | 319 (33.7) | 375 (27.9) | 260 (33.1) | 35 (26.9) | 77 (49.0) | 3,582 (36.1) | 344 (30.3) | 3,304 (33.3) | 613 (36.7) |
2 criteria present (%) | 619 (30.2) | 307 (32.5) | 426 (31.7) | 221 (28.1) | 27 (20.8) | 39 (24.8) | 2,290 (23.1) | 355 (31.2) | 2,901 (29.2) | 456 (27.3) |
3 criteria present (%) | 227 (11.1) | 166 (17.6) | 331 (24.7) | 131 (16.7) | 12 (9.2) | 11 (7.0) | 1,084 (10.9) | 229 (20.1) | 2,027 (20.4) | 117 (7.0) |
4 criteria present (%) | 48 (2.3) | 42 (4.4) | 76 (5.7) | 34 (4.3) | 3 (2.3) | 1 (0.6) | 211 (2.1) | 37 (3.3) | 355 (3.6) | 31 (1.9) |