Posttransplant Metabolic Syndrome

Table 1

National cholesterol education program: Adult Treatment Panel III criteria for metabolic syndrome.

Abdominal obesity	Waist circumference
	>102 cm in men
	>88 cm in women
Glucose intolerance	Fasting plasma glucose ≥ 100 mg/dL (5.6 mmol/L)
Hypertension	Blood pressure ≥ 130/85 mmHg or on therapy for hypertension
Hypertriglyceridemia	Serum triglycerides ≥ 150 mg/dL or on therapy for hypertriglyceridemia
Low HDL-C	Serum HDL-C < 40 mg/dL (1 mmol/L) in men; Serum HDL-C < 50 mg/dL (1.3 mmol/L) in women