JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE, vol.60, no.3, pp.587-591, 2012 (Journal Indexed in SCI)
Objective: Central obesity is a prerequisite for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome (MetS). Precise measurement of visceral fat by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) has been validated. The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic performance of BIA in MetS and validate the best cutoff in a large adult cohort.