What about non-alcoholic fatty liver disease as a new criterion to define metabolic syndrome?

Table 1 National Cholesterol Education Programme Adult Treatment Panel III - 2001/American Heart Association - 2005 metabolic syndrome (diagnosis: 3 of 5)

Risk factor	Defining level (AHA 2005)
Abdominal obesity (waist, inches)
Men	> 40
Women	> 35
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	150 (or Med)
HDL-C (mg/dL)
Men	< 40 (or Med)
Women	< 50
BP (mmHg)	130/85 (or Med)
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)	110 (100)

AHA: American Heart Association; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; BP: Blood pressure; Med: Medium.