Metabolic syndrome definition
There are three main definitions of MetS used for surveys and health care plan and those are the WHO of 1999, the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP/ATP 3) of 2005, and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) of 2006 and are reviewed in Supplementary Material (2, 12).
In this study, we followed the WHO definition of MetS and we included patients with insulin resistance along with two or more of the following a) atherogenic dyslipidaemia (HDL cholesterol < 0.9 mmol/L (35 mg/dl) in men, < 1.0 mmol/L (40 mg/dl) in women) b) Triglycerides > 1.7 mmol/L (150 mg/dl) c) Body mass index (BMI) > 30 kg/m2 d) Blood pressure > 140/90 mmHg (2).