EPIDEMIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF INSULIN RESISTANCE SYNDROME (SYNDROME X) IN A CITY IN JAPAN

1. In order to study the prevalence of insulin resistance syndrome (syndrome X) in Japanese subjects, inhabitants aged above 40 years living in Osaka‐Sayama city from September 1992 through December 1993 were investigated. The population‐based study was performed on 2498 subjects (661 males and 1837 females) constituting 10.9% of the total population aged above 40 years.