Table 2.
Criterion | Cook et al., 2003 [15] | de Ferranti et al., 2004 [16] | Ford et al., 2007 [17] | Agudelo and Arias, 2008 [18] | IDF consensus definition, 2007 [19] |
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Triglycerides/HDL-C | ≥110 mg/dl; ≤40 mg/dl | ≥100 mg/dl; <50 mg/dl | ≥110 mg/dl; ≤40 mg/dl | ≥110 mg/dl; ≤40 mg/dl | ≥150 mg/dl; <40 mg/dl |
<45 mg/dl in 15- to 19-year-old males | |||||
Fasting glucose | ≥110 mg/dl | ≥110 mg/dl | ≥100 mg/dl | ≥100 mg/dl | ≥100 mg/dl |
Blood pressure, mm Hg | ≥90th percentile; by age, gender, and height | ≥90th percentile; by age, gender, and height | ≥90th percentile; by age, gender, and height | ≥90th percentile; by age, gender, and height | SBP ≥ 130 mm Hg; DBP ≥ 85 mm Hg |
Waist circumference | ≥90th percentile; by age and gender | >75th percentile; by age and gender | ≥90th percentile; by age and gender | ≥95th percentile | ≥90th percentile; by age and gender |
BMI | none | none | none | none | none |
Metabolic syndrome diagnosis | presence of three or more criteria | presence of three or more criteria | presence of three or more criteria | presence of three or more criteria | high waist circumference + two other criteriaa |
Adolescents > 16 years; waist circumference in men > 102 cm and in women > 88 cm; triglycerides > 150 mg/dl; HDL-C in men < 40 mg/dl and in women < 50 mg/dl; blood pressure ≥ 130 / 85 mm Hg or treatment for previously diagnosed hypertension; glucose ≥ 100 mg/dl or diagnosed for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
IDF = International Diabetes Federation; BMI = body mass index; HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SBP = systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure.