Associations of the metabolic syndrome of different definitions and their individual components and cardiovascular disease in Chinese women.

Adjusted for age, education, physical exercise, smoking, alcohol use, family history of coronary heart disease. WHO, World Health Organization; NCEP-ATPIII, National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III; IDF, International Diabetes Federation; CDS, Chinese Diabetes Society; JIS, Joint Interim Statement; WHR, waist/hip rate; BMI, body mass index; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; TGs, triglycerides; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; CHD, coronary heart disease; PAD, peripheral arterial disease. Associations of the metabolic syndrome of different definitions and their individual components and cardiovascular disease in Chinese women.