Metabolic Syndrome From Adolescence to Early Adulthood
Author(s) -
Mari Nupponen,
Katja Pahkala,
Markus Juonala,
Costan G. Magnussen,
Harri Niinikoski,
Tapani Rönnemaa,
Jorma Viikari,
Maiju Saarinen,
Hanna Lagström,
Antti Jula,
Olli Simell,
Olli T. Raitakari
Publication year - 2015
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.114.010532
Subject(s) - medicine , metabolic syndrome , relative risk , confidence interval , waist , blood pressure , risk factor , percentile , diabetes mellitus , body mass index , pediatrics , endocrinology , statistics , mathematics
Adolescent metabolic syndrome (MetS) predicts type 2 diabetes mellitus and subclinical atherosclerosis in adulthood. Our aim was to establish the relationship between an infancy-onset dietary intervention and risk of having MetS between 15 and 20 years of age.
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