A patient with HDL 54 mg/dL, triglycerides 69 mg/dL, waist circumference not meeting criteria, fasting glucose 94 mg/dL, and HbA1c 5.6% does not meet criteria for metabolic syndrome.

“this is a really interesting patient because we'll go through his checklist his hdl cholesterol is 54 milligrams per deciliter doesn't meet the criteria the cutoff is 35 he's well above that the triglyceride cut off i think is 150 this patient is 69 so i mean the guy's in great shape his waist does not meet the criteria his blood pressure i have to go back and look he might have triggered it on blood pressure but maybe not and his fasting glucose was 94 and his hemoglobin a1c by the way 5.6 so this is a guy who goes to the doctor and gets the cleanest bill of health”