Metabolic syndrome by the new IDF criteria in Hong Kong Chinese adolescents and its prediction by using body mass index

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1738-1742

  Kong, Alice P S ^a   Ko, Gary T C ^a   Ozaki, Risa ^a   Wong, Gary W K ^a   Tong, Peter C Y ^a   Chan, Juliana C N ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Chinese; Diagnostic criteria; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 55749091930     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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