Fig. 1From: Impact of longitudinal status change in metabolic syndrome defined by two different criteria on new onset of type 2 diabetes in a general Japanese population: the Tanno–Sobetsu Study a Shows number of individuals newly defined as having type 2 diabetes in four status-change groups when using the interim criteria of MetS. b Shows number of individuals newly defined as having type 2 diabetes in four status-change groups when using the Japanese criteria of MetS. MetS-INT metabolic syndrome defined by the interim criteria, MetS-JP metabolic syndrome defined by the Japanese criteria follow-up results by different criteria of MetSBack to article page