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Metabolic Syndrome in Mexican Adolescents
Author(s) -
BenítezArciniega Alejandra D.,
FarfánGonzález Fernando,
PeñaCorona Maribel,
CamachoLópez Saby,
ZuñigaTorres Guadalupe,
ValdésRamos Roxana
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.20.5.a1034-b
Subject(s) - waist , medicine , anthropometry , blood pressure , diastole , metabolic syndrome , circumference , demography , endocrinology , cardiology , obesity , mathematics , geometry , sociology
Nutritional/health status was evaluated in 282 students (ages 12–18), from a public school in Toluca, Mexico. Consent was requested from each adolescent and his/her parents. Anthropometric data (weight, height, waist circumference (WC)), biochemical measures (glucose, triglycerides (TG), HDL‐cholesterol (HDL‐chol)) and systolic/diastolic blood pressure (BP) were obtained by trained personnel. BMI had values of 21.3±3.7 and 22±3.4 for males (M) and females (F) respectively. WC in F measured 71.8±8.3cm and M had 73.7±9.7cm. Blood glucose was found low or normal in all cases ranging from 40 to 101 mg/dL. Values for HDL‐chol were 40.4±7.9mg/dL for F and 38.4±7.5mg/dL for M; while TG had mean values of 113.5±57.3mg/dL for F and 111.0±60.9mg/dL for M. Systolic BP showed values of 103.8±8.7mmHg for F and 109.1±10.8mmHg for M; whereas diastolic BP was of 58.8±8.3mmHg in F and 57.8±9.9mmHg in M. Data were categorized according to ATPIII adult cut‐off points for metabolic syndrome (MS); 2.5% (7/282) showed data for MS; 15.6% (44/282) had no altered values, while 81.9% (231/282) had at least one measurement above normal, mainly HDL‐cholesterol. The data support the fact that risk factors for MS are present early in life and screening as well as preventive measures should be taken at all ages, particularly in settings where populations are captive, such as schools.