Open AccessAssociation between adolescence obesity and metabolic syndrome: Evidence from Isfahan Healthy Heart Program
Author(s) -
Alireza Ahmadi,
Mojgan Gharipour,
Fatemeh Nouri,
Roya Kelishadi,
Masoumeh Sadeghi,
Nizal Sarrafzadegan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.137523
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , waist , metabolic syndrome , obesity , blood pressure , triglyceride , logistic regression , waist to height ratio , endocrinology , demography , cholesterol , sociology
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is more prevalent among Iranian adolescences. This study aimed to find the relationship between obesity and MetS among different education grades of Iranian adolescence.