Table 1. Three world-wide definitions of MetS.

Risk factors	ATP criteria III (2001)	IDF criteria(2005)	JIS criteria(2009)
Abdominal obesity	Waist circumference:	Waist circumference:	Waist circumference:
(Chinese)	men≥102	men≥90	men≥85
	women≥88	women≥80	women≥80
Raised triglycerides	≥150 mg/dL (1.7 mmol/L)	≥1.7 mmol/L(150 mg/dl)	≥150 mg/dl (1.7 mmol/L)
		or treatment for this lipid	or treatment for this lipid
		abnormality	abnormality
Reduced	<40 mg/dL (1.03 mmol/L)	< 1.03 mmol/l (40 mg/dl) in	<40 mg/dl (1.0 mmol/L) in
HDL-cholesterol	in men; <50 mg/dL (1.29	men; <1.29 mmol/L (50mg	men; <50 mg/dl(1.29 mmol
	mmol/L) in women	/dl)in women; or treatment	/L)in women or treatment
		for this lipid abnormality	for this lipid abnormality
Elevated blood	Systolic≥ 130 mm Hg or/	Systolic: ≥ 130 mmHg or/	Systolic≥ 130 mmHg or/
pressure	and Diastolic≥85 mm Hg	And Diastolic: ≥ 85 mmHg	and Diastolic≥85 mmHg or
		or treatment of previously	treatment of previously
		diagnosed hypertension.	diagnosed hypertension.
Raised fasting	≥ 110 mg/dl	≥ 5.6 mmol/L (100 mg/dl)	≥ 100 mg/dl
plasma glucose		or previously diagnosed
		type 2diabetes

Note: MetS was diagnosed by the following: the ATP III criteria: a person had at least three of the five factors; the IDF criteria: a person had abdominal obesity plus 2 or more other risk factors; the JIS criteria: a person had at least three of the five factors.