Concordance between five criteria of metabolic syndrome in teenagers from a Peruvian high andes region

CONCLUSIONS.: The AHA and ATP-III criteria modified by Cook had almost perfect concordance, which was also found for both sexes. The ATP-III, Ferranti, IDF, AHA and WHO criteria agree in less than 2% when identifying MS in the same group of adolescents.PMID:38232261 | DOI:10.17843/rpmesp.2023.402.12546

Source: Revista Peruana de Medicina de Experimental y Salud Publica - January 17, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Franco Roman í-Romaní Luis Fernando Pachacama Ramirez Juan Diego Pichihua Grandez Diego Maximiliano Guevara Rodr íguez Viviana Cornejo Luyo Christian Eduardo Sheen Vargas Juana Aurelia Ninatanta-Ortiz Martha Vicenta Abanto Villar Katia Maribel P érez Source Type: research