Η
συχνότητα του ΜΣ στην Ευρώπη είναι σεεπίπεδα παρόμοια των ΗΠΑ
Overall frequency (%) of
MetS (WHO criteria) in different European cohort studies
EGIR, Diabetes Metab
2002;28:364-376
Age (yrs)
Although
the criteria to diagnose metabolic syndrome in this overview of European
studies uses the WHO criteria that are known to identify not exactly the same
types of patients, the overall incidence is roughly comparable to the one
seen in the US, albeit the difference between men and women is larger than in
the US.