Metabolic Syndrome Severity Score in Korean Adults: Analysis of the 2010-2015 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Continuous metabolic syndrome (MS) severity scores that can track metabolic risk in individuals over time have been developed for Western populations. The present study aimed to develop gender- and age-specific equations for MS severity scores in Korean adults.

Methods

Using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (KNHANES) IV (2010-2012) and VI (2013-2015), we performed a confirmatory factor analysis of single MS factor that allowed for differential loadings across groups to generate gender- and age-specific, continuous MS severity scores. Then, we validated this equation in a different dataset of Korean adults.

Results

In confirmatory analysis, waist circumference had the highest factor loading, indicating that waist circumfe

SUBMITTER: Huh JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6374550 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature