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Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in adolescents aged 10-18 years in Jammu, J and K

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among adolescents attending school in the Jammu region, India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study conducted between November 2009 and December 2010, among a total of 1160 school-going adolescents of both sexes aged 10-18...

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Autores principales: Singh, Narinder, Parihar, Ravi Kumar, Saini, Ghanshyam, Mohan, Sandeep Kumar, Sharma, Neeraj, Razaq, Mohd
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3659880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23776866
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.107849
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among adolescents attending school in the Jammu region, India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study conducted between November 2009 and December 2010, among a total of 1160 school-going adolescents of both sexes aged 10-18 years. Relevant metabolic and anthropometric variables were analyzed and criteria suggested by National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel Third (NCEP-ATP III) modified forage was used to define metabolic syndrome. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 2.6%. Prevalence of metabolic syndrome was higher in males (3.84%) than in females (1.6%) and slightly higher in urban area (2.80%) than in rural area (2.52%), whereas prevalence of metabolic syndrome among centrally obese subjects was as high as 33.33%. High density lipoprotein cholesterol was the most common and high blood pressure was the least common constituent of metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome was most prevalent in 16-18 years age group (4.79%). CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that metabolic syndrome phenotype exists in substantial number (up to 3%) of adolescent population in the Jammu region, India, and particularly 33% of obese adolescents are at risk to develop metabolic syndrome. These findings pose a serious threat to the current and future health of these young people.