Fig 1.
For the cross-sectional analyses, data of the 2014 cycle (n = 1,639) that were used in this cycle were measured. For the longitudinal analyses, only participants in whom MetS was not prevalent at baseline in 2014 were included in the longitudinal analyses (n = 377).
Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of study subjects.
Fig 2.
Area under the receiver operating curve (AUC) values (95% CI) for selected obesity measurements to discriminate subjects with metabolic syndrome in the cross-sectional and cohort study.
Table 2.
Non-adjusted odds ratios and 95% CI for metabolic syndrome and its components of subjects according to baseline waist to height ratio in the cross-sectional and cohort studies.
Table 3.
Multivariate-adjusted odds ratios and 95% CI for metabolic syndrome and its components of subjects according to baseline waist to height ratio in the cross-sectional and cohort studies.
Table 4.
Best cutoff values of baseline waist to height ratio to predict metabolic syndrome in the cross-sectional and cohort studies.