Metabolic Syndrome

Epidemiology of metabolic syndrome in Europe described

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 26th, 2005

Previously, several different definitions for the metabolic syndrome (MetS) had been proposed and used by researchers. This resulted in confusion about the frequency of the MetS and its relationship with mortality. Recently, the Consensus Panel International Diabetes Federation (IDF) proposed a new definition for the MetS to overcome the problems of comparability.

This IDF definition emphasizes the importance of central obesity (defined as waist circumference {{>=}}94cm for European men and {{>=}}80 cm for European women, with ethnic specific values for other groups).

A person can be defined as having the MetS if he/she has central obesity...

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