Relationship of metabolic syndrome defined by IDF or revised NCEP ATP III with glycemic control among Malaysians with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 1 Diagnostic criteria of metabolic syndrome

Parameters	Revised NCEP ATP III	IDF
Definition	Any three of the following 5 features	Increased waist circumference^a Men ≥ 90 cm, Women ≥ 80 cm along with any 2 of following features
Elevated waist circumference	≥ 102 cm in men ≥ 88 cm in women
Triglyceride	≥ 1.7 mmol/l or TG treatment
HDL-C	Men < 1.03 mmol/l or women < 1.29 mmol/l or HDL-C treatment
Blood pressure	Systolic ≥ 130 mmHg or Diastolic ≥ 85 mmHg or hypertension treatment or previously diagnosed hypertension
Fasting blood glucose	≥ 5.6 mmol/l or treatment for elevated glucose or previously diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes

NCEP ATP III National Cholesterol Education Programs Adult Treatment Panel III, IDF International Diabetes, FBG fasting blood glucose Federation, TG triglycerides, HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
^aSub-Saharan Africans, Eastern Mediterranean, and Middle East (Arab) populations use European and Ethnic South and Central Americans Use South Asia

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