INS and diabetes mellitus: More important, fibrate treatment of patients who exhibit more than three features characteristic of the metabolic syndrome (diabetes, glucose intolerance or high fasting insulin, hypertension, obesity and high triglycerides or low HDL cholesterol) was associated with a significant 35% risk reduction in the rate of coronary artery disease death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or definite stroke [137–139].