International Scholarly Research Notices

Review Article

Obesity and African Americans: Physiologic and Behavioral Pathways

Table 1

Two definitions of metabolic syndrome.


Criteria	ATP III (2004)	IDF (2005)

Special instructions	Any 3 of the following 5 features:	Meet waist circumference criteria + any two of the criteria below WC
Waist circumference	Male WC ≥ 102 cm Female WC ≥ 88 cm	*Male WC ≥ 94 cm Female WC ≥ 80 cm
Blood pressure	≥130 and/or ≥85 mm Hg or on hypertension medications	≥130 and/or ≥85 mm Hg or on hypertension medications
Glucose	>5.6 mmol/L (includes diabetes)	>5.6 mmol/L (includes diabetes)
Lipids	TG > 1.7 mmol/L	TG ≥ 1.7 mmol/L or on TG Rx
Lipids	HDL-C <1.036 mmol/L for men or <1.295 mmol/L for women	HDL-C <1.036 mmol/L for men or <1.295 mmol/L for women or on HDL-C Rx

Waist circumference (WC) based on European (Caucasian) measurements.
ATP III: adult treatment panel III; IDF: international diabetes federation; WC: waist circumference; TG: triglyceride; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein; Rx: prescription.
From [13].