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Waist circumference as a screening tool for the identification of adolescents with the metabolic syndrome phenotype.

International journal of pediatric obesity : IJPO : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity - 1 Jan 2009

Bitsori Maria, Linardakis Manolis, Tabakaki Maria, Kafatos Anthony

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OBJECTIVES: Most published definitions of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in children and adolescents include increased waist circumference (WC) in their criteria. To assess the clinical relevance of WC in identifying adolescents with the MetS phenotype and adverse fitness patterns, we divided a cohort of 15-year-old schoolchildren in quartiles for WC, and compared the subjects of the extreme quartiles for the...

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PMID: 19922048
DOI: 10.3109/17477160902914597

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