Table 3 Percentage of overweight children with altered metabolic syndrome components according to the six diagnosis criteria.
Diagnostic criteria | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Altered metabolic syndrome components | Ferreira et al15 | Silva et al16 | Boney et al30 | Braunschweig et al26 | Monzavi et al31 | Cook et al8 |
Adiposity indicators* | 57.8 (74)*** | 40.6 (52) | 100.0 (128) | 96.1 (123) | 57.8 (74) | 45.3 (58) |
Insulin resistance indicators** | 0.8 (1) | 18.0 (23) | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 0.8 (1) | 0.8 (1) |
HDL-C | 19.5 (25) | 10.9 (14) | 15.6 (20) | 25.0 (32) | 27.3 (35) | 25.0 (32) |
Triacylglycerol | 26.8 (34) | 16.4 (21) | 29.7 (38) | 26.6 (34) | 30.5 (39) | 26.6 (34) |
SBP/DBP | 11.8 (15) | 12.5 (16) | 11.8 (15) | 14.8 (19) | 14.8 (19) | 14.8 (19) |
Metabolic syndrome (%) | 11.7 (15) | 14.1 (18) | 12.5 (16) | 16.4 (21) | 13.3 (17) | 11.5 (15) |