Open AccessMetabolic syndrome: Performance of five different diagnostic criterias
Author(s) -
SOgedengbe Onesi,
UEzeani Ignatius
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.137494
Subject(s) - medicine , microalbuminuria , national cholesterol education program , gold standard (test) , type 2 diabetes mellitus , diabetes mellitus , metabolic syndrome , concordance , cohen's kappa , kappa , anthropometry , lipid profile , physical therapy , blood pressure , endocrinology , obesity , linguistics , philosophy , machine learning , computer science
The aim of this study is to describe the metabolic syndrome (MS) and to evaluate five diagnostic criteria of the MS with respect to their sensitivity and specificity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).