Table 3.

The Third US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) clinical criteria for the presence of metabolic syndrome (presence of ≥3 criteria) [25].

Criteria	Value
Abdominal obesity	Waist circumference >102 cm men and >88 cm women
Hypertriglyceridemia	≥150 mg/dL
Low high-density lipoprotein (HDL)	<40 mg/dL in men and <50 mg/dL in women
High blood pressure	≥130/85 mmHg
High fasting glucose	≥110 mg/dL