1. A total of 82 participants developed CVD during the follow-up period
2. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) was associated with CVD more intimately than other features of MetS.
3. The AUC of the continuous MetS risk score (AUC=0.80,95% CI, 0.75-0.84) exceeded that of the dichotomized definition of MetS (AUC=0.63,95% CI, 0.56-0.69) (p