Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome Among Adults 20 Years of Age and Over, by Sex, Age, Race and Ethnicity, and Body Mass Index: United States, 2003–2006

The National Cholesterol Education Program’s Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP/ATP III) report identified metabolic syndrome as a constellation of risk factors that increase a person’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) (1,2). ATP III identified six components of the metabolic syndrome that relate to CVD (1,2):