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Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2018 Oct 25;45(4):679–694. doi: 10.1016/j.ogc.2018.07.008

Table 1.

Diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome

Criteria	Thresholds
Central obesity	Waist circumference ¹ Men: ≥ 102 cm (90 cm in Asians/Hispanics) Women: ≥ 88 cm (80 cm in Asians/Hispanics)
Hypertension	≥ 130/85 mm Hg or hypertension treatment
Fasting blood glucose	≥ 100 mg/dL
High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol	Men: < 40 mg/dL Women: < 50 mg/dL
Triglyceridemia	≥ 150 mg/dL

Diagnosis requires meeting threshold for at least 3 of the 5 criteria.

Note that Asian and Hispanic men and women have different waist circumference thresholds than Whites and non-Hispanic Blacks (this is partially related to body size; they tend to be shorter on average).

Modified from Alberti KG, Eckel RH, Grundy SM, et al. Harmonizing the metabolic syndrome: a joint interim statement of the International Diabetes Federation Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; American Heart Association; World Heart Federation; International Atherosclerosis Society; and International Association for the Study of Obesity. Circulation 2009;120(16):1642.