Associations between fish consumption and metabolic syndrome. A large cross-sectional study from the Norwegian Tromsø Study: Tromsø 4

Table 3 Prevalence of metabolic syndrome (%) in different age groups

Metabolic syndrome criteria by the JIS definition: waist circumference ≥94 cm in men and ≥80 cm in women, triglycerides ≥150 mg/dL (1.7 mmol/L), HDL cholesterol <40 mg/dL (1.0 mmol/L) in men and <50 mg/dL (1.3 mmol/L) in women, glucose ≥100 mg/dL (5.5 mmol/L), systolic blood pressure ≥130 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure ≥85 mm Hg. Plasma glucose was not fasting
The Tromsø Study: Tromsø 4

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