Inflammation as a Link between Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

Table 1

The most widely used definitions for metabolic syndrome.

AHA/NHLBI [12]: At least three of the following five features	IDF [13]: Elevated waist circumference plus any two of the other features
Waist circumference	Waist circumference
(i) Non-Asian origin: ≥102 cm in men or ≥88 cm in women	(i) Europids, Sub-Saharan Africans, Middle Eastern: ≥94 cm in men or ≥80 cm in women
(ii) Asian origin (both East and South Asians): ≥90 cm in men or ≥80 cm in women	(ii) both East Asians and South Asians; South and Central Americans: ≥90 cm in men or ≥80 cm in women
	(iii) Japanese: ≥85 cm in men or ≥90 cm in women
Triglycerides (fasting); ≥150 mg/dL or on drug therapy for high triglycerides	Triglycerides (fasting); ≥150 mg/dL or on drug therapy for high triglycerides
HDL cholesterol; <40 mg/dL in men or <50 mg/dL in women or on; drug therapy for low HDL-C	HDL cholesterol; <40 mg/dL in men or <50 mg/dL in women or on; drug therapy for low HDL-C
Blood pressure; ≥130 mmHg systolic or ≥85 mmHg diastolic or on; drug therapy for hypertension	Blood pressure; ≥130 mmHg systolic or ≥85 mmHg diastolic or on; drug therapy for hypertension
Glucose (fasting); ≥100 mg/dL or or on drug therapy for elevated glucose	Glucose (fasting); ≥100 mg/dL or or on drug therapy for elevated glucose

AHA/NHLBI: American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; IDF: International Diabetes Federation; HDL: high-density lipoprotein.