A confirmatory factor analysis of the metabolic syndrome in adolescents: an examination of sex and racial/ethnic differences.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of clinical indices that signals increased risk for cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes. The diagnosis of MetS is typically based on cut-off points for various components, e.g. waist circumference and blood pressure. Because current MetS criteria result in racial/ethnic discrepancies, our goal was to use confirmatory factor analysis to delineate differential contributions to MetS by sub-group.

Research design and methods

Using 1999-2010 data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), we performed a confirmatory factor analysis of a single MetS factor that allowed differential loadings across sex and race/ethnicity, resulting in a continuous MetS risk score that is sex and race/ethnicity-spec

SUBMITTER: Gurka MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3489601 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature