1. Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among U.S. adolescents using the definition from the International Diabetes Federation.
- Author
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Ford ES, Li C, Zhao G, Pearson WS, and Mokdad AH
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- Adolescent, Age Factors, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Metabolic Syndrome diagnosis, Prevalence, Sex Factors, United States epidemiology, Metabolic Syndrome epidemiology
- Abstract
Objective: Our objective was to estimate the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome using the 2007 pediatric International Diabetes Federation (IDF) definition among adolescents in the U.S., Research Design and Methods: We used data from 2,014 participants aged 12-17 years of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004., Results: The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome for the period 1999-2004 was approximately 4.5% ( approximately 1.1 million adolescents aged 12-17 years in 2006). It increased with age, was higher among males (6.7%) than females (2.1%) (P = 0.006), and was highest among Mexican-American adolescents (7.1%). The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome was relatively stable across the 6-year period: 4.5% for 1999-2000, 4.4-4.5% for 2001-2002, and 3.7-3.9% for 2003-2004 (P for linear trend >0.050)., Conclusions: Our results provide the first estimates of the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome using the pediatric IDF definition among adolescents in the U.S.
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- 2008
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