Table 1. Criteria used to define metabolic health status.

	Aguilar-Salinas	Karelis	Meigs (A)1	Meigs (B)2	Wildman
Blood pressure	SBP <140 and DBP <90 or no treatment	-	SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥85 or treatment	-	SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥85 or treatment
TAG, mmol/L	-	≤1.70	≥1.70	-	≥1.70
HDL-C, mmol/L	≥1.04	≥1.30 and no treatment	<1.04 (M) <1.30 (F)	-	<1.04 (M) <1.30 (F) or treatment
LDL-C, mmol/L	-	≤2.60 and no treatment	-	-	-
Total-C, mmol/L	-	≥5.20	-	-	-
FPG, mmol/L	<7.00 and no treatment	-	≥5.60 or treatment	-	≥5.55 or treatment
HOMA		≤1.95		<75th percentile3	>90th percentile
Other	-	-	Waist >102cm (M)Waist >88cm (F)	-	CRP >90th percentile
MH criteria	All of the above	≥4 of the above	<3 of the above	All of the above	<2 of the above
Study population	Mexico n = 716, 26.4% male	Canada n = 154, 0% male	US n = 2902, 45% male	US n = 2902, 45% male	US n = 5440, 47.9% male

Abbreviations: DBP: diastolic blood pressure; F: female; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; M: male; MH: metabolically healthy; SBP: systolic blood pressure. ¹Using metabolic syndrome variables. ²Using homeostasis model only. ³Among non-diabetic subjects.