Figure 5.Age-adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the development of diabetes after a four-year follow up in middle-aged Finnish men followed since the late 1980s as predicted by four definitions of the metabolic syndrome; a modified by World Health Organization (WHO) definition with adiposity defined as waist-hip rtaio > 0.9 or body mass index ³30 kg·m-2 (WHO WHR), a modified WHO definition with abdominal obesity defined as waist girth ³94 cm (WHO Waist), the Natinal Cholosterol Education Program (NCEP) definition with abdominal obesity defined as waist circumference > 102 cm (NCEP 102 cm) and the NCEP definitaion with abdominal obesity defined as wiast girth > 94 cm (NCEP 94 cm).