Development of a self-assessment score for metabolic syndrome risk in non-obese Korean adults.

CONCLUSIONS: This simple risk score may be used to identify individuals at high risk for MetS without laboratory tests among non-obese Korean adults. Further studies are needed to verify the usefulness and feasibility of this score in various settings. PMID: 28244698 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28244698?dopt=Abstract

Source: Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition - February 28, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: Je Y, Kim Y, Park T Tags: Asia Pac J Clin Nutr Source Type: research