Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in urban Colombian adolescents aged 10-16 years using three different pediatric definitions

The aim of this study was to evaluate the metabolic syndrome (MetS) prevalence in adolescents using three different definitions for this age group. The evaluated sample consisted of 718 male and 743 female adolescents. Definitions by Cook et al., de Ferranti et al. and International Diabetes Federat...

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2012
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Universidad del Rosario
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Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
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eng
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oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/26788
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https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fms054
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/26788
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Adolescents
Metabolic syndrome
Obesity
Cardiovascular disease
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