Table 9.

Diagnostic criteria for metabolic (syndrome defined with 3 or more criteria)15,16

Criteria	Definition
1. Abdominal obesity
Men	≥ 94 cm
Women	≥ 80 cm
2. HDL-cholesterol
Men	< 40 mg/dl
Women	< 50 mg/dl
3. Triglycerides (or treatment for hypertriglyceridemia)	≥ 150 mg/dl
4. BP (or treatment for arterial hypertension)
SBP and/or	≥ 130 mmHg
DBP	≥ 85 mmHg
5. Glycemia (or treatment for DM)	≥ 100 mg/dl

BP: blood pressure; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; DM: diabetes mellitus.