The metabolic syndrome in overweight Hispanic youth and the role of insulin sensitivity.

By Martha L. Cruz, M. Weigensberg, Terry T Huang, G. Ball, G. Shaibi, M. Goran. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2004

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Subfields: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Citations in the corpus

• Childhood overweight, obesity, and the metabolic syndrome in developing countries. (2007, methodology): “(25) defined the pediatric metabolic syndrome as the presence of at least three of the following: abdominal obesity (waist circumference 90th percentile), low HDL-C level ( 40 mg/dl), hypertriglyceridemia (>90th percentile), hypertension (>90th percentile), and/or impaired glucose tolerance.”
• Metabolic syndrome: definitions and controversies (2011, background): “A variety of subsequent studies [120,123-131], using three or four criteria and variable definitions, revealed diversity in MetS prevalence in childhood.”