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Table 118-1

NCEP:ATPIIIa2001 and Harmonizing Definition Criteria for the Metabolic Syndrome

NCEP:ATPIII 2001Harmonizing Definitionb

Three or more of the following:

• Central obesity: waist circumference >102 cm (M), >88 cm (F)

• Hypertriglyceridemia: triglyceride level 150 mg/dL or specific medication

Low HDLc cholesterol: <40 mg/dL and <50 mg/dL for men and women, respectively, or specific medication

• Hypertension: blood pressure 130 mmHg systolic or 85 mmHg diastolic or specific medication

• Fasting plasma glucose level 100 mg/dL or specific medication or previously diagnosed type 2 diabetes

Three of the following:

Waist circumference (cm)

MenWomenEthnicity
9480Europid, sub-Saharan African, Eastern and Middle Eastern
9080South Asian, Chinese, and ethnic South and Central American
8590Japanese
  • Fasting triglyceride level >150 mg/dL or specific medication
  • HDL cholesterol level <40 mg/dL and <50 mg/dL for men and women, respectively, or specific medication
  • Blood pressure >130 mm systolic or >85 mm diastolic or previous diagnosis or specific medication
  • Fasting plasma glucose level 100 mg/dL (alternative indication: drug treatment of elevated glucose levels)

aNational Cholesterol Education Program and Adult Treatment Panel III.

bIn this analysis, the following thresholds for waist circumference were used: white men, 94 cm; African-American men, 94 cm; Mexican-American men, 90 cm; white women, 80 cm; African-American women, 80 cm; Mexican-American women, 80 cm. For participants whose designation was “other race—including multiracial,” thresholds that were once based on Europid cutoffs (94 cm for men and 80 cm for women) and on South Asian cutoffs (90 cm for men and 80 cm for women) were used. For participants who were considered “other Hispanic,” the International Diabetes Federation thresholds for ethnic South and Central Americans were used.

cHigh-density lipoprotein.