TABLE 1.

Criteria for the metabolic syndrome are listed below and can be any three of more.

Criteria list	Components
Central obesity†	> 90th percentile, age and gender specific
FBG	≥ 5.6 mmol/L (100 mg/dL) or known type 2 diabetes
Hypertension	≥ 90th percentile for age, sex and height
TG	≥ 1.24 mmol/L (110 mg/dL)
HDL-C	≤ 1.04 mmol/L (40 mg/dL)

Source: Cook S, Weitzman M, Auinger P, Nguyen M, Dietz WH. Prevalence of a metabolic syndrome phenotype in adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003;157:821–827.

FBG, fasting blood glucose; TG, triglycerides; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol.

^†Waist circumference.