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Waist circumference and abdominal volume index are the strongest anthropometric discriminators of metabolic syndrome in Spanish adolescents.

Javier S PeronaJacqueline Schmidt Rio-ValleRobinson Ramírez-VélezMaría Correa RodríguezÁngel Fernández-AparicioEmilio González-Jiménez
Published in: European journal of clinical investigation (2019)
We suggest the use of WC and AVI, with the cut-off points presented herein, for the discrimination between adolescents with or without MetS.
Keyphrases
  • young adults
  • body mass index
  • metabolic syndrome
  • physical activity
  • body weight
  • body composition
  • insulin resistance