Prevalence of the five International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria of the metabolic syndrome, according to study population. n : Number of individuals from the patient group and from the general population that fulfil each criterion. * Indicates that there is asignificant difference between the prevalence of the various components of the IDF-based metabolic syndrome (waist, elevated serumtriglyceride level, decreased serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol level, elevated blood pressure and elevated plasmaglucose level) in the antipsychotic-treated patient group and in the general population.