3 Necessary criteria

Waist size

Increase defined by ethnicity

Triglycerides

>1.50 g/l or specific treatment for this lipid disorder

Arterial Pressure

≥130/85 mmHg, or high blood pressure treated

High density lipoprotein cholesterol

<0.40 g/l (men); <0.50 g/I (women)

Fasting blood sugar

≥1.10 g/l