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May 27, 2006Diabetes CareOpen Access

Ethnic-Specific Criteria for the Metabolic Syndrome

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Why the study?

Does the prerequisite of central obesity in the IDF criteria impact the prevalence or classification of the metabolic syndrome in the Chinese population compared to updated ATPIII criteria?

Population

Chinese population

Comparison

International Diabetes Federation diagnostic… vs Updated ATPIII diagnostic criteria for metabolic…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

JLJing LiuSGScott M. GrundyWWWei Wang

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Overview

IDF central obesity prerequisite alters MetS prevalence and classification versus ATPIII in Chinese adults; leaves open optimal ethnicity-specific thresholds for risk prediction.

Structured PICO

Does the prerequisite of central obesity in the IDF criteria impact the prevalence or classification of the metabolic syndrome in the Chinese population compared to updated ATPIII criteria?

P
Population
Chinese population
I
Intervention
International Diabetes Federation (IDF) diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome (requiring central obesity)
C
Comparator
Updated ATPIII diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome (not requiring central obesity)
O
Outcome
Prevalence and classification of the metabolic syndrome

Cite This Study

Liu et al. (2006) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a801fa71024bacc96928c5ahttps://doi.org/10.2337/dc06-0481
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