Optimal Cut Points of Waist Circumference for the Clinical Diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome in the Japanese Population

In this study, we investigated optimal waist cut points to identify subjects with multiple risk factors in the Japanese population and verified the cut points to predict carotid intimamedia thickening in metabolic syndrome subjects as a surrogate marker of early atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (8-10). Definitions of metabolic syndrome We diagnosed metabolic syndrome by each waist cut point and two or more of the following risk factors: using the IDF definition, J blood pressure, systolic ≥130 and/or diastolic ≥85 mmHg, 2 triglycerides ≥150 mg/dl, 3 HDL cholesterol