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Prevalence of metabolic syndrome using international diabetes federation, National Cholesterol Education Panel- Adult Treatment Panel III and Iranian criteria: results of Tabari cohort study.

Adeleh BaharZahra KashiMotahareh KheradmandAkbar Hedayatizadeh-OmranMahdi MoradinazarFatemeh RamezaniMahdi AfshariMahmood Moosazadeh
Published in: Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders (2020)
Kappa coefficient showed that the Iranian IDF had a good agreement with International IDF and an intermediate agreement with the ATP-III. Considering more emphasis of international and Iranian IDF on waist circumference (WC), a better agreement between these two criteria is plausible. Regarding the high prevalence of abdominal obesity among Iranian population, applying these criteria to identify high risk persons might be helpful.
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