Table 1.

Criteria for clinical diagnosis of metabolic syndrome

Variables	Recommended thresholds
	IDF 2005	Harmonising criteria 2009	CDS 2013
Abdominal obesity (waist circumference)	≥90 cm (male); ≥80 cm (female)	≥85 cm (male); ≥80 cm (female)	≥90 cm (male); ≥85 cm (female)
Triglycerides	≥1.7 mmol/L or treatment	≥1.7 mmol/L or treatment	≥1.7 mmol/L
Plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol	<1.03 mmol/L (male); <1.29 mmol/L (female) or treatment	<1.0 mmol/L (male); <1.3 mmol/L (female) or treatment	<1.04 mmol/L
Blood pressure	Systolic ≥130 or diastolic ≥85 mm Hg or treatment	Systolic ≥130 and/or diastolic ≥85 mm Hg or treatment	BP ≥130/85 mm Hg or treatment
Fasting plasma glucose	≥5.6 mmol/L or previously diagnosed T2DM	≥5.6 mmol/L or treatment	≥6.1 mmol/L, and(or) 2hPG≥7.8 mmol/L or treatment

CDS, China Diabetes Society; IDF, International Diabetes Federation; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus.