“…2) non-Turkman: Included all of the ethnic groups (except Turkman) living in this area. ATP-III method was used for diagnosis of MetS (Singh & Sinha, 2016). According to this criteria, the presence of at least three of f ive the following criteria were included as MetS: (i) Abdominal obesity as measured by WC>102 cm in men and >88 cm in women; (ii) Triglycerides >150 mg/dl; (iii) HDL cholesterol <40 mg/dl in men and <50 mg/dl in women; (iv) SBP-systolic blood pressure =130 or DBPdiastolic blood pressure =85 mm/Hg; (v) fasting plasma glucose =110 mg/dl.…”