Sensibility and specificity analysis for waist to height ratio, body mass index and waist circumference as a screening criterion for metabolic syndrome in an adult North East Portuguese population

• Author(s): Teixeira, José Eduardo ; Bragada, José A. ; Bragada, João P. ; Coelho, Joana C.M.M. ; Pinto, Isabel ; Reis, Luís P. ; Saldanha, Laissa de Sousa ; Duarte, Carlos Manuel Teixeira ; Magalhães, Pedro
• Date: 2022
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/28398
• Origin: Biblioteca Digital do IPB
• Subject(s): Obesity
• Document Type: Conference poster
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Biblioteca Digital do IPB

Description

Obesity is a central component of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) and a major public health concern. A harmonizing MetS definition was developed to aggregate the different criteria used by the umbrella organizations, however there is still controversy over the most sensitive and specific parameter to characterize each MetS component