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CARDIONOTICIAS
A Joint Interim Statement of the International Diabetes Federation Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention; National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; American Heart Association; World Heart Federation; International Atherosclerosis
Society; and International Association for the Study of Obesity
This paper represents an attempt to make the definition global," Dr Robert Eckel (University of Colorado, Denver), one of the
authors of the new report, told heartwire . "The IDF definition and the [National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment
Panel] ATP III definition have been the two that have been utilized most frequently, and now the different organizations--the IDF,
the International Atherosclerosis Society, the NHLBI, and the AHA--have all signed on to a single definition. I think that's a step
forward in terms of not continuing to confuse people who are working in this field."
Specifically, the new metabolic-syndrome definition streamlines previous differences related to abdominal obesity as defined by
measurements in waist circumference. Substantial disparities existed between the previous IDF and the ATP III definitions of
what constituted an excessively large waist circumference, by as much as 8 cm between the two groups, but these have been
amended. Now, the criteria for elevated waist circumference are based on population- and country-specific definitions, which,
although streamlined, do leave some work to be done, said Eckel.
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Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; American Heart Association; World Heart Federation; International Atherosclerosis
Society; and International Association for the Study of Obesity
This paper represents an attempt to make the definition global," Dr Robert Eckel (University of Colorado, Denver), one of the
authors of the new report, told heartwire . "The IDF definition and the [National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment
Panel] ATP III definition have been the two that have been utilized most frequently, and now the different organizations--the IDF,
the International Atherosclerosis Society, the NHLBI, and the AHA--have all signed on to a single definition. I think that's a step
forward in terms of not continuing to confuse people who are working in this field."
Specifically, the new metabolic-syndrome definition streamlines previous differences related to abdominal obesity as defined by
measurements in waist circumference. Substantial disparities existed between the previous IDF and the ATP III definitions of
what constituted an excessively large waist circumference, by as much as 8 cm between the two groups, but these have been
amended. Now, the criteria for elevated waist circumference are based on population- and country-specific definitions, which,
although streamlined, do leave some work to be done, said Eckel.
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Harmonizing the Metabolic Syndrome
Circulation. 2009;120:1640-1645
Published online before print October 5, 2009, doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.192644
Circulation. 2009;120:1640-1645
Published online before print October 5, 2009, doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.192644
