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<journal-id>2524-177X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista médica del Hospital General de México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. med. Hosp. Gen. Méx.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2524-177X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Médica del Hospital General de México A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2524-177X2019000400179</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/hgmx.m19000028</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Risk and diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome in apparently healthy young adults by means of the waist-height]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Kammar-García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ashuin]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Elena]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[López-Moreno]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Patricia]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortíz-Bueno]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Angelica M.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez-Montaño]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María de Lurdez C.]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Facultad de Medicina ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Puebla ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>82</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>179</fpage>
<lpage>186</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2524-177X2019000400179&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2524-177X2019000400179&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2524-177X2019000400179&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ Introduction: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is associated with overweightness and/or obesity, hypertension, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemias, and insulin resistance; timely detection can help to avoid or reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases or type 2 diabetes mellitus, which the main causes of death from noncommunicable diseases in Mexico.  Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) as a parameter for risk assessment and diagnosis of MS in a population of apparently healthy young adults.  Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Sample of 337 subjects was recruited. Biochemical and anthropometric parameters were determined for the presence of MS, obtaining WHtR and quartiles were generated to propose a cutoff point with which the risk and diagnostic utility of this ratio were assessed by means of quantitative comparisons, risk analysis, and likelihood analysis.  Results: The WHtR is a very sensitive and specific test for the diagnosis of MS. The areas under the curve were 98% and 83%, respectively, for men and women, for the diagnosis of MS (p &lt; 0.0001). It was found that a WHtR higher than 0.53 increases the risk of MS (odds ratio = 18.62, 95% confidence interval = 1.7-208, p = 0.02). Potential impact measures suggest by controlling the WHtR, 94% of MS cases could be prevented.  Conclusions: The WHtR is useful and accurate for the diagnosis of the MS in apparently healthy young adults.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Risk]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Young adults]]></kwd>
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