The Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents: Shifting the Focus to Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Clustering

N. Magge, Sheela; Goodman, Elizabeth; Armstrong, Sarah; ON ENDOCRINOLOGY, SECTION; ON OBESITY, SECTION; R. Daniels, Stephen; R. Corkins, Mark; D. de Ferranti, Sarah; H. Golden, Neville; Kim, Jae; N. Magge, Sheela; Jane Schwarzenberg, Sarah; N. Sills, Irene; J. Casella, Samuel; A. DeMeglio, Linda; Gonzalez, J.; B. Kaplowitz, Paul; Lynch, Jane; A. Wintergerst, Kupper; Bolling, Christopher; Armstrong, Sarah; Digate Muth, Natalie; C. Rausch, John; Rogers, Victoria; P. Schwartz, Robert

doi:10.1542/peds.2017-1603

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The Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents: Shifting the Focus to Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Clustering

Published in PEDIATRICS • Jul 24, 2017

Authors:

Sheela N. Magge

Elizabeth Goodman

Sarah Armstrong

Abstract

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) was developed by the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III, identifying adults with at least 3 of 5 cardiometabolic risk factors (hyperglycemia, increased central adiposity, elevated triglycerides, decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, a...

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Medicine

Metabolic syndrome

National Cholesterol Education Program

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