Endocrinology & Metabolic Syndrome
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Loreana Sanches Silveira

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• Review Article
  Metabolic Syndrome: Criteria for Diagnosing in Children and Adolescents
  Author(s): Loreana Sanches Silveira, Camila Buonani, Paula Alves Monteiro, Bárbara de Moura Mello Antunes and Ismael F Freitas JúniorLoreana Sanches Silveira, Camila Buonani, Paula Alves Monteiro, Bárbara de Moura Mello Antunes and Ismael F Freitas Júnior
  
  Metabolic Syndrome (MS) is defined as a group of risk factors related to insulin resistance and its highest prevalence is found in obese individuals. The first observations concerning MS occurred in the 1920s, contributing to a surge of new associations between hyperglycemia and obesity. As of 1979, there was a greater understanding of one of its components: insulin resistance. The prevalence of MS varies according to the diagnostic criterion used, mainly for children and adolescents among which its prevalence has increased considerably. The principle criteria used in diagnosing the pediatric population are the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), National Cholesterol Education Program and Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP III), World Health Organization (WHO) and I Prevention Directive against Atherosclerosis in Infancy and Adolescence, and due to their differences, the prevale.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-1017.1000118

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