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Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
Published in: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 1/2015

01-12-2015 | Meeting abstract

Frequency of metabolic syndrome in obesity: a comparison of current criteria of IDF and NCEP-ATPIII

Authors: Luana Costa Nascimento, Mayne Batista Fontes Santos, Alexandre Rocha Andrade, Josilda Ferreira Cruz, Ana Denise Costa de Oliveira, Karla Freire Rezende, Rubens Cruz Silva Filho

Published in: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome | Special Issue 1/2015

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Obesity appears as a worldwide epidemic, causing concerns and burden to public health. A very damaging complication of obesity is its relationship with the increase of the cardiovascular risk. We analyzed the association between obesity and the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome (MS) by following the two criteria in effect: NCEP-ATPIII and IDF. …
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Title
Frequency of metabolic syndrome in obesity: a comparison of current criteria of IDF and NCEP-ATPIII
Authors
Luana Costa Nascimento
Mayne Batista Fontes Santos
Alexandre Rocha Andrade
Josilda Ferreira Cruz
Ana Denise Costa de Oliveira
Karla Freire Rezende
Rubens Cruz Silva Filho
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome / Issue Special Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1758-5996
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1758-5996-7-S1-A148

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