Metabolic syndrome in obese children and adolescents
Ana-Mari Pelin1, Silvia Mătăsaru
1University of Medicine and Pharmacy Grigore T Popa Iasi, Faculty of Medicine.
Aim:
To investigate the risk factors for metabolic syndrome (MS) in children and adolescents.
Material And Methods:
Investigation conducted in the interval October 2010 - June 2011 in 3103 school children aged 7-18 years. After body weight, height, waist circumference, and blood pressure were measured, 262 school children were found to be obese, of which 120 agreed to testing for defining the metabolic syndrome: triglycerides (TG), cholesterol, HDL and LDL cholesterol, blood glucose, insulinemia, OGTT (oral glucose tolerance test), SGOT, SGPT, urea, creatinine, and ESR.
Results And Discussion:
Using IDF 2009 modified criteria, the prevalence of MS in the study series was 55.8%. The most common criteria for defining MS were: TG > or = 95th percentile, BP > or = 95th percentile, and blood glucose > or = 100mg/dl.
Conclusions:
Applying IDF 2009 criteria, 55.8% of the obese subjects presented 3-5 criteria, thus meeting the diagnostic criteria for MS in children.
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