Evaluation of the Japanese Metabolic Syndrome Risk Score (JAMRISC): a newly developed questionnaire used as a screening tool for diagnosing metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in Japan

Table 1 Evaluation of the clinical relevance of the JAMRISC question items and creation of the calculation formula of the JAMRISC total risk score

Coefficients for the question items
Gender (Male = l, female = 0)	1.3369
Abdominal circumference	0.1897
History of hypertension	1.3738
History of hyperglycemia or history of urinary sugar
History of hyperglycemia or history of urinary sugar	1.5084
Exercises (yes or no) (less than 2h = 1, 2h or more = 0)	0.8768

Calculation formula of total risk score with the JAMRISC questionnaire = (1.3369 × gender ) + (0.1897 × abdominal circumference cm) + (1.3738 × history of hypertension) + (1.5084 × history of hyperglycemia / urinary sugar) + (0.8768 × exercises yes/no)

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