Fig 1.
Flow diagram of recruitment of participants in the analysis.
Table 1.
Definitions of the metabolic syndrome.
Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of participants.
Table 3.
Prevalence (%) of the metabolic syndrome of different definitions of and their individual components in Chinese men and women.
Fig 2.
Distribution of participants according to the number of definitions of metabolic syndrome.
Table 4.
Associations of the metabolic syndrome of different definitions and their individual components with cardiovascular disease in Chinese men.
Table 5.
Associations of the metabolic syndrome of different definitions and their individual components and cardiovascular disease in Chinese women.