The aim of the study was to test the performance of a new definition of metabolic syndrome
(MetS), which better describes metabolic dysfunction in children. Methods. 15,794 youths …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of cardiometabolic risk factors associated with an
increased risk for the development of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. The …

Background—There are well-established predisposing factors for the development of
metabolic syndrome (MetS) in childhood or adolescence, but no specific risk profile has …

The metabolic syndrome (MetS), characterized by a clustering of cardiovascular disease
and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) risk factors, has become prevalent in children and adolescents …

Currently, there is no consensus on the criteria for identifying metabolic syndrome in
children, as observed in the diversity of research developed. For this reason, a scoping …

Pediatricians increasingly diagnose the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in recent years to
describe cardiovascular risk and to guide management of the obese child. However, there is …

Background: Defining and detecting the metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents is
difficult because of ongoing discussion of components and thresholds. The aim of this work …

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) using reference
standards obtained in European children and to develop a quantitative MetS score and …

Objectives. Most published definitions of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in children and
adolescents include increased waist circumference (WC) in their criteria. To assess the …

Objective The primary purpose of this study was to examine the construct validity of a
continuous metabolic syndrome score (cMetS) in children. The secondary purpose was to …