This Article  • Full text  • PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Topic Collections  • Metabolic Diseases  • Exercise  • Alert me on articles by topic  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

André J. Scheen, MD, PhD

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings.

Wildman et al¹ reported a high prevalence (23.5%) of clustering of cardiometabolic abnormalities in normal-weight adults among US subjects. The report of an 8.6% prevalence of metabolic syndrome according to the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP-III) definition in normal-weight individuals in their cohort allows for comparison with previous data in adults with a BMI lower than 25. In US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III, the overall prevalence of metabolic syndrome in such individuals averaged 4.6% in men and 6.2% in women,² with waist circumference having a major impact (9.7% in men and 12.8% in women with increased waist vs 5.7% and 2.9%, respectively, in those with a normal waist size).³ It is interesting to compare the US data collected in 2 successive NHANES populations. Indeed, according to the same ATP-III criteria, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

AUTHOR INFORMATION


CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?