Aim: To identify the best anthropometric predictor of the metabolic syndrome in children.
Methods: Screening performance was evaluated in a clinical setting. The study included 140 …

OBJECTIVES: To examine whether waist circumference (WC) predicts blood pressure (BP)
and lipid components of the metabolic syndrome independent of body mass index (BMI) …

Abstract Background Body Mass Index (BMI) is widely used to assess the impact of obesity
on cardiometabolic risk in children but it does not always relate to central obesity and varies …

Background Recent studies have shown the enhanced diagnostic capability of the waist-to-
height ratio (WHtR) over BMI. However, while a structured cutoff hierarchy has been …

Purpose To describe the relationship between the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and
cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs) and to evaluate the validity of WHtR in identifying …

Abstract Background: The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) defines metabolic
syndrome among children. In addition to the abdominal obesity (waist circumference≥ 90 …

The present systematic review with meta‐analysis sought to estimate the accuracy of
different waist‐to‐height ratio (WHtR) cutoff ranges as risk indicators for cardiometabolic …

Background Visceral obesity in children increases the risk of developing cardiovascular
diseases. To evaluate overweight children, in addition to Body Mass Index (BMI), waist-to …

Objective To determine the predictors and prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) and the
presence of vascular inflammation in apparently-normal children (10–15 years) of both …

OBJECTIVES: To determine the age of significant divergence in body mass index (BMI) and
waist circumference in adults with and without the metabolic syndrome, and to provide age …