The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its predominant components among pre-and postmenopausal Ghanaian women

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Table 6 Degree of agreement between WHO, NCEP ATP III, IDF and H_MS definitions in diagnosing metabolic syndrome (Kappa Statistic)

Data are presented as weighted Kappa ± standard error (SE). WHO total, WHO post and WHO pre: definition of metabolic syndrome in the total population, postmenopausal and premenopausal group respectively using WHO criterion, NCEP total, NCEP post and NCEP pre: definition of metabolic syndrome in the total population, postmenopausal and premenopausal group respectively using NCEP criterion, IDF total, IDF post and IDF pre: definition of metabolic syndrome in the total population, postmenopausal and premenopausal group respectively using IDF criterion, H_MS total, H_MS post and H_MS pre: definition of metabolic syndrome in the total population, postmenopausal and premenopausal group respectively using H_MS criterion.

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