Validation of a non-invasive method for the early detection of metabolic syndrome: a diagnostic accuracy test in a working population.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

A non-invasive method for the early detection of metabolic syndrome (NIM-MetS) using only waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and blood pressure (BP) has recently been published, with fixed cut-off values for gender and age. The aim of this study was to validate this method in a large sample of Spanish workers.

Design

A diagnostic test accuracy to assess the validity of the method was performed.

Setting

Occupational health services.

Participants

The studies were conducted in 2012-2016 on a sample of 60 799 workers from the Balearic Islands (Spain).

Interventions

The NCEP-ATP III criteria were used as the gold standard. NIM-MetS has been devised using classification trees (the χ² automatic interaction detection method).

Main outcome meas

SUBMITTER: Romero-Saldana M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6196859 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature