CRP and metabolic syndrome: Using this definition, MetS prevails in 41% of middle-aged and elderly men and 40% of women.10 The high rate of MetS in women is clearly lower than the 61% of MetS prevalence among Iranian females; and it is likely that the 34% prevalence in Iranian men is underestimated due to usage of a strict criterion for abdominal obesity, caused the high proportion of dysglycemia and low HDL-cholesterol in men “without” MetS.11 Moreover, even healthy Iranian adolescent were reported to show positive associations between a relatively low waist circumference, CRP and oxidative stress markers.12