Metabolic syndrome risk assessment in children: use of a single score

• Egile Nagusiak: Julia Khéde Dourado Villa (Egilea), Angélica Ribeiro e Silva (Egilea), Thanise Sabrina Souza Santos (Egilea), Andréia Queiroz Ribeiro (Egilea), Luciana Ferreira da Rocha Sant'Ana (Egilea)
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• Argitaratua: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVE: To calculate a score of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in children and set a cutoff point of this score for the prediction of MetS risk. METHODS: The study included a random sample of 348 children aged 8 and 9 years of Viçosa, Southeast Brazil. Factor analysis by principal components (PCA) wa...