Translations:Metabolic syndrome/32/en

EGIR

The European Group for the Study of Insulin Resistance (1999) requires that subjects have insulin resistance (defined for purposes of clinical practivality as the top 25% of the fasting insulin values among nondiabetic individuals) AND two or more of the following:

• Central obesity: waist circumference ≥ 94 cm or 37 inches (male), ≥ 80 cm or 31.5 inches (female)
• Dyslipidemia: TG ≥ 2.0 mmol/L (177 mg/dL) and/or HDL-C < 1.0 mmol/L (38.61 mg/dL) or treated for dyslipidemia
• Blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mmHg or antihypertensive medication
• Fasting plasma glucose ≥ 6.1 mmol/L (110 mg/dL)