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. 2009 Oct 19;1:20. doi: 10.1186/1758-5996-1-20

Table 1.

Proposals for rating the metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents

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3 or more among the 5 criteria below

Adiposity: abdominal circumference (AC) or BMI AC ≥ p 90th AC > p 75th BMI z score ≥ 2,0
Fasting glycemia or at OGTT (mg/dL) Fasting gly ≥ 110 Fasting gly ≥ 110 Glycemia at OGTT of 140-200
Blood pressure ≥ p 90th > p 90th > p 95th
HDL Cholesterol (mg/dL) ≤ 40 < 50 (girls) e < 45 (boys) < p 5th
Triglycerides (mg/dL) ≥ 110 ≥ 100 > p 95th