Diagnosing Metabolic Syndrome in Craniopharyngioma Patients: Body Composition versus BMI.

CONCLUSION: Using BMI to evaluate obesity underestimates the true prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with craniopharyngioma. Furthermore, fat percentage contributes to a better evaluation of obesity than BMI. The contribution of DXA-scan might be limited for identification of the metabolic syndrome.
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Source: European Journal of Endocrinology - May 31, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Authors: van Santen SS, Olsson DS, Hammarstrand C, Wijnen M, van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM, Van der Lely AJ, Johannsson G, Janssen JAMJL, Neggers SJCMM Tags: Eur J Endocrinol Source Type: research