Table 1.

International Diabetes Federation criteria for clinical identification of the metabolic syndrome in males

Risk factor	Defining level
Abdominal obesity (waist circumference)	>90 cm
Triglycerides	≥150mg/dL
HDL cholesterol	<40 mg/dL
Blood pressure or treatment of previously diagnosed hypertension	≥130/≥85mm Hg
Fasting glucose or treatment of previously diagnosed diabetes	≥100mg/dL ‡

*When criteria 1 and any two of the remaining four criteria are present, a diagnosis of metabolic syndrome can be made.