Correlates of metabolic syndrome among young Brazilian adolescents population

OBSERVATIONS Metabolic Syndrome in Brazilian Adolescents

O verweight/obesity plays a central role in metabolic syndrome, a major health problem from infancy to adulthood (1). To identify and apply preventive and therapeutic measures at its earliest stages, the prevalence of its components were studied among a sample of high normal–weight, overweight, and obese Brazilian adolescents (2). A total of 314 adolescents aged mean SD 13.8 1.97 years were sel...

The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Weight Groups among Children and Adolescents of Ahvaz

ERICA: prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Brazilian adolescents

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in Brazilian adolescents. METHODS We evaluated 37,504 adolescents who were participants in the Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA), a cross-sectional, school-based, national study. The adolescents, aged from 12 to 17 years, lived in cities with populations greater than 100,000 inhabitants. The sample...

Impact of Obesity on Metabolic Syndrome in Brazilian Adolescents: A Population-Based Study

I t is increasingly important to warn about the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in obese adolescents, especially considering the postpubertal age range, when obesity has a great risk of remaining until adult age (1). The weight of Brazilians has been increasing in recent years. The last large population-based study performed in Brazil, Surveys on Family Budgets, which was conducted between 200...

Clustering and combining pattern of metabolic syndrome components among Iranian population with latent class analysis

  Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS), a combination of coronary heart disease and diabetes mellitus risk factor, refer to one of the most challenging public health issues in worldwide. The aim of this study was to identify the subgroups of participants in a study on the basis of MetS components.   Methods: The cross-sectional study took place in the districts related to Teh...