{"id":9701,"date":"2022-05-11T21:10:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T21:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/?p=9701"},"modified":"2025-12-30T20:16:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T20:16:24","slug":"monw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/monw\/","title":{"rendered":"Point Scale for Metabolic Obesity in People with Normal Body Weight (MONW)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"99c380e4b4a7b96c35d7ddf7dcb434e8\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MC 2019- Horizontal -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0127150553352455\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3806776041\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Disorders of metabolic obesity with normal body weight (MONW) are widely recognized risk factors for the development of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. Despite this, MONW is not diagnosed in clinical practice.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Point Scale for Metabolic Obesity in People with Normal Body Weight (MONW)<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.033%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\"><strong>Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.967%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Symptoms<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.033%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.967%; height: 24px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>triglycerides level &gt; 100\u2013150 mg\/dL<\/li>\n<li>blood presure 125\u2013140\/85\u201390 mmHg<\/li>\n<li>weight gain: &gt;4 after 18 years for women and 21 years for men<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">BMI: 23\u201325 kg\/m2<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">waist: 71.1\u201376.2 for women and 86.3\u201391.4 for men<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">ethnicity: black women, Japanese-Americans, Latinos,\u00a0<\/span>Melanesians, Polynesians, New Zealand Maoris<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.033%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.967%; height: 24px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>impaired fasting glucose (110\u2013125 mg\/dL)<\/li>\n<li>triglycerides level &gt; 150 mg\/dL<\/li>\n<li>blood presure &gt; 140\/90 mmHg<\/li>\n<li>essential hypertension (under age 60 years)<\/li>\n<li>premature coronary heart disease (under age 60 years)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">low birth weight (&lt;2.5 kg)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">inactivity (&lt;90 min aerobic exercise\/week)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">weight gain: &gt;8 after 18 years for women and 21 years for men<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">BMI: 25\u201327 kg\/m2<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">waist: &gt;76.2 for women and &gt;91.4 for men<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">uric acid (&gt;8 mg\/dL)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">ethnicity: Indians, Australian aborigines, Micronesians, Naruans<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.033%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.967%; height: 24px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>gestational diabetes<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">triglycerides level &gt; 150 mg\/dL and HDL cholesterol &lt; 35 mg\/dL<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">type 2 diabetes mellitus or impaired glucose tolerance<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">hypertriglyceridemia<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">weight gain: &gt;12 after 18 years for women and 21 years for men<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">premature coronary heart disease (under age 60 years)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">ethnicity: some American Indian tribes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.033%; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.967%; height: 24px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>type 2 diabetes mellitus<\/li>\n<li>impaired glucose tolerance<\/li>\n<li>polycystic ovaries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The scoring system evaluates 22 characteristics that are assigned a specific number of points. Obtaining at least 7 points is equivalent to a diagnosis of MONW.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Pluta W, Dudzi\u0144ska W, Lubkowska A. Metabolic Obesity in People with Normal Body Weight (MONW)-Review of Diagnostic Criteria. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jan 6;19(2):624. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35055447\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Conus F, Rabasa-Lhoret R, P\u00e9ronnet F. Characteristics of metabolically obese normal-weight (MONW) subjects. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2007 Feb;32(1):4-12. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/17332780\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Created Apr 28, 2022.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,153],"tags":[696,220,452,1707,2304,2485,308,769,768,2112,1093,2487,2486,2484],"class_list":["post-9701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-criteria","category-endocrinology-and-metabolism","tag-body","tag-corporal","tag-escala","tag-metabolic","tag-metabolica","tag-monw","tag-normal","tag-obesidad","tag-obesity","tag-people","tag-personas","tag-peso","tag-puntos","tag-weight"],"modified_by":"Guillermo Firman","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9701"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9712,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9701\/revisions\/9712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}