Validation of metabolic syndrome using medical records in the SUN cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of this study was to evaluate the validity of self reported criteria of Metabolic Syndrome (MS) in the SUN (Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra) cohort using their medical records as the gold standard.

Methods

We selected 336 participants and we obtained MS related data according to Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) and International Diabetes Federation (IDF). Then we compared information on the self reported diagnosis of MS and MS diagnosed in their medical records. We calculated the proportion of confirmed MS, the proportion of confirmed non-MS and the intraclass correlation coefficients for each component of the MS.

Results

From those 336 selected participants, we obtained sufficient data in 172 participants to confirm or reject MS using A

SUBMITTER: Barrio-Lopez MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3296781 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature