[Table/Fig-1]:

Criteria for metabolic syndome and patient’s assessment results.

Criteria for metabolic syndrome			Patient’s assessment results
Waist circumference	≥80 cm for women	≥94 cm for men	100 cm
Triglycerides	≥150 mg/dL(1.7 mmol/L)	On hypo-lipemiant treatment	Normal
High Density Lipoprotein (HDL)	<50 mg/dl (1.3 mmol/l) for women	<40 mg/dl (1.0 mmol/l) for men	30 mg/dL
Blood Pressure (BP)	≥130/85	On hypertension (HT) treatment	160/100
Basal Glycaemia	≥100 mg/dl or glucose intolerance or diagnosed DM	On hypo-glycaemiant treatment	Normal