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. 2017 Jan 21;17:101. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4041-1

Table 1.

Diagnostic criteria used in the different studies

Organization Diagnostic Criteria
International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Central obesity with waist circumference ≥ 90 cm for males and ≥ 80 cm for females, plus two or more of the following:
1. Systolic blood pressure ≥ 130 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 85 mmHg or antihypertensive medication;
2. Fasting plasma glucose ≥ 5.6 mmol/L or previously diagnosed type 2 diabetes;
3. Plasma HDL cholesterol < 1.03 mmol/L for males and < 1.29 mmol/L for females;
4. Plasma triglycerides ≥ 1.7 mmol/L
National Cholesterol. Education Program, Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) Three or more of the following:
1. waist circumference ≥ 102 cm for males and ≥ 88 cm for females;
2. systolic blood pressure ≥ 130 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 85 mmHg or antihypertensive medication;
3. fasting plasma glucose ≥ 5.6 mmol/L or on medication for high blood glucose;
4. HDL cholesterol <1.03 mmol/L for males and <1.30 mmol/L for females;
5. triglycerides ≥ 1.7 mmol/L
Revised NCEP ATP III Criteria for Asians Same as NCEP ATP III (above) with a modified waist circumference cut-off for Asians of ≥ 90 cm for males and ≥ 80 cm for females
An American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (AHA/NHLBI) Three or more of the following:
1. waist circumference ≥ 102 cm for males and ≥ 88 cm for females (for Asians ≥ 90 cm for males and ≥ 80 cm for females);
2. systolic blood pressure ≥ 130 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 85 mmHg or antihypertensive medication;
3. fasting plasma glucose ≥ 5.6 mmol/L or on medication for high blood glucose;
4. HDL cholesterol <1.03 mmol/L for males and <1.30 mmol/L for females or on medications for reduced HDL cholesterol;
5. triglycerides ≥ 1.7 mmol/L or on medications for elevated triglycerides