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Background: There is an increasing but controversial evidence that smoking is associated with metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome has recently attracted much attention due to increasing knowledge of its relationship with cardiovascular mortality and morbidity and other associated problems. Aim: This study assessed the biomarkers and frequency of metabolic syndrome as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), International Diabetes Foundation (IDF) and the National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP III) in adult male smokers. Methods: One hundred and forty one (141) apparently healthy male cigarette smokers and sixty (60) apparently healthy nonsmokers aged 18 to 45 years were recruited for the study. The smokers were subdivided into light ( 30 pack years) smokers. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), hip circumference, waist-hip ratio, systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP)...