Metabolic Syndrome Paediatric Criteria
Jorge Bravo
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Metabolic Syndrome Paediatric Criteria

The Accuracy of Current Abdominal Obesity Criteria

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The metabolic syndrome in youth is a contemporary topic in international research, with some studies focusing on the potential benefits of a continuous classification instead of a dichotomous classification. Recently, the International Diabetes Federation has recommended using the 90th percentile as the cutoff point of waist circumference for diagnosing the metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents younger than 15 years of age, keeping the remaining variables with the cutoff values for adults. Some researchers question the adequacy of the cutoff set to identify abdominal obesity and why y...