title: The metabolic syndrome. Uncertain criteria.
abstract: The metabolic syndrome was defined with the aim of clustering several risk factors of cardiovascular disease present in some patients. Due to its high prevalence, different organizations have tried to simplify the diagnosis of this entity proposing practical, evidence based and applicable criteria. This effort of simplifying is being unworthy because of multiple errors published in recent articles (wrong cut-off points, incomplete figures, etc.). We remark with this editorial comment the challenge of universalising these criteria in order to prevent errors.
authors.forename: Juan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Martín-Lázaro
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Becerra-Fernández
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012307:Risk Factors