Metabolic Syndrome in People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: An Assessment of the Prevalence and the Agreement between Diagnostic Criteria

Table 1

Criteria used for the diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome.

Criteria	EGIR (1999) [13]	ATPIII (2005) [14]	IDF (2005) [15]	JIS (2009) [12]
Compulsory	IR, fasting th percentile	None	cm (men); cm (women)	None
Additional	Any 2 other criteria	Any 3 criteria	Any 2 other criteria	Any 3 criteria
Obesity
Men	cm	cm	—	cm
Women	cm	cm		cm
Triglycerides	>2.0 mmol/L	≥1.7 mmol/L	≥1.7 mmol/L	≥1.7 mmol/L
HDL-C
Men	<1.0 mmol/L	<1.03 mmol/L	<1.03 mmol/L	<1.03 mmol/L
Women	<1.0 mmol/L	<1.3 mmol/L or on dyslipidaemia treatment	<1.3 mmol/L or on dyslipidaemia treatment	<1.3 mmol/L or on dyslipidaemia treatment
Blood pressure	≥140/90 mmHg	≥130/85 mmHg or on hypertension treatment	≥130/85 mmHg or on hypertension treatment	≥130/85 mmHg or on hypertension treatment
Glucose	≥6.1 mmol/L	≥5.6 mmol/L or on diabetes treatment	≥5.6 mmol/L or on diabetes treatment	≥5.6 mmol/L or on diabetes treatment

ATPIII: Adult Treatment Panel III; EGIR: European Group for the Study of Insulin Resistance; IDF: International Diabetes Federation; JIS: Joint Interim Statement; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; IR: insulin resistance; WC: waist circumference.