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Table 1 ATPIII criteria for diagnosis of metabolic syndrome

From: Can red yeast rice and olive extract improve lipid profile and cardiovascular risk in metabolic syndrome?: a double blind, placebo controlled randomized trial

Risk factor

Defining level

Abdominal obesity, given as waist circumference

 

Men

>102 cm

Women

>88 cm

Trigiycerides

> = 150 mg/dL

HDL cholesterol

 

Men

<40 mg/dL

Women

<50 mg/dL

Blood pressure

> = 130/> = 85 mm Hg or drug treatment for hypertension

Fasting glucose

> = 110 mg/dL