Open AccessPrevalence and correlates of metabolic syndrome in the adolescents of Rural Wardha
Author(s) -
Manisha Atram,
Pradeep Deshmukh,
Kalyan Goswami,
Neelam Garg
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.149270
Subject(s) - metabolic syndrome , medicine , waist , obesity , anthropometry , blood pressure , cross sectional study , diabetes mellitus , population , blood sampling , environmental health , endocrinology , pathology
Metabolic syndrome is a major concern as a precursor of cardiometabolic diseases. The present study was designed to study the magnitude and correlates of metabolic syndrome among the adolescents of rural Wardha.