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Stamatis P. Efstathiou | Zendy; Irini I. Skeva | Zendy; Evi Zorbala | Zendy; Evangelos Georgiou | Zendy; Theodore D. Mountokalakis | Zendy

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Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescence

Author(s) -

Stamatis P. Efstathiou,

Irini I. Skeva,

Evi Zorbala,

Evangelos Georgiou,

Theodore D. Mountokalakis

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.111.034546

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , metabolic syndrome , confidence interval , overweight , percentile , cohort , population , obesity , demography , cohort study , pediatrics , childhood obesity , statistics , environmental health , mathematics , sociology

There are well-established predisposing factors for the development of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in childhood or adolescence, but no specific risk profile has been identified as yet. The Prediction of Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescence (PREMA) study was conducted (1) to construct a classification score that could detect children at high risk for MetS in adolescence and (2) to test its predictive accuracy.

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