Anthropometric parameters’ cut-off points and predictive value for metabolic syndrome in women from Cartagena, Colombia

Indicadores de obesidade: capacidade preditiva para síndrome metabólica em adultos quilombolas

“…In contrast to the other studies that investigated the capacity of OIs to detect MetS [12][13][14][15][16][17] , this analysis reports PPV and NPV. The evaluation of the quality of screening tests should also take into consideration the probability of identifying individuals with the health problem studied when the result is positive or individuals without the problem when the result is negative 60 .…”

“…different adult populations have also shown the MetS screening capacity of BF% 16 , BAI [13][14][15] and BMI 12,[14][15][16][17] . However, to our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate the capacity of the three main general OIs to screen for MetS in the same study of adults.…”

“…On the other hand, some studies have indicated BMI as the best predictor of MetS compared to BF% 16 and BAI 14,15 . These differences in OIs with the best predictive capacity obtained in this study on black quilombolas and in the cited studies involving Asian populations 15,16 and populations of Amerindian ancestry 14 might be explained in part by the differences in fat distribution pattern and body proportionality among ethnic-racial groups 19,55 .…”

“…Studies have shown variations in the screening capacity of different general OIs for MetS according to population profile [12][13][14][15][16][17] . In addition, studies involving different population groups have identified differences in the predictive capacity of OIs according to ethnic-racial characteristics [18][19][20] .…”

Guía de práctica clínica (GPC) para la prevención, diagnóstico y tratamiento del sobrepeso y la obesidad en adultos

“…Así, el estudio de Gallo y colaboradores [37] propuso para hombres un punto de corte de 92 cm; mientras que el estudio de Pérez [21] propuso uno de 88 cm. En mujeres, el estudio de Mora y colaboradores [38] sugirió un punto de corte de 85 cm, muy similar al encontrado por Gallo y colaboradores, que fue de 84 cm [37]. Blümel y colaboradores [39] concluyen que el punto de corte de 88 cm es el que mejor identifica mujeres posmenopáusicas con síndrome metabólico, con una sensibilidad de 59,4 % y una especificidad del 62,2 %.…”