CRP and metabolic syndrome: Therefore the purpose of our work was: Firstly, to compare the different accepted MHO definition criteria (table 1): 1) Wildman (W) [4], 2) Wildman modified (WM) using a cut-off point for HOMA-IR ≥3.8 as described in the Spanish population [10], and levels of C-Reactive Protein (CRP) ≥3 mg/l [11], and 3) MetS in accordance with the Consensus Societies (CS) as reported by Alberti KGMM et al. [12].