- Presence of at least two of the following criteria of the metabolic syndrome: abdominal girth >102 cm in men or >88 cm in women, HDL-C<0.4 g/L in men or <0.5 g/L in women, fasting triglyceride >1.5 g/L (or specific treatment for these lipid abnormalities), fasting glucose >1.10 g/L.