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Criteria Used to Identify the Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents in This Study
NCEP-ATP III, National Cholesterol Education Program--Adult Treatment Panel III; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; OGTT, oral glucose tolerance test.
*A cutoff point for high blood pressure using the sex-, age-, and height-specific 90th percentile, while this study used a sex- and age-specific 90th percentile cutoff only because of the small number of cases.
