The association of posttraumatic stress disorder and metabolic syndrome: a study of increased health risk in veterans

Table 1 Clinically determined criterion scores for metabolic syndrome

Measures	Criterion score
Serum triglycerides	≥ 150 mg dl^-1
High-density lipoprotein	< 35 mg dl^-1
Blood pressure^a
Systolic	≥ 130 mm/Hg
Diastolic	≥ 85 mm/Hg
Waist-to-hip ratio
Men	≥ 0.90
Women	≥ 0.85
Plasma glucose concentration	≥ 110 mg dl^-1

^aSystolic and diastolic blood pressure values were combined to represent one condition (hypertension as represented by SBP ≥ 130 mm/Hg and DBP ≥ 85 mm/Hg).
Metabolic syndrome status was defined as meeting of three or more of the five criteria.

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