Metabolic syndrome and obesity in children and adolescents (3-15 years) from Ma...

• Author(s): Rodrigues, A.J. ; Almeida, M.J. ; Neves, A.C. ; Freitas, D.L. ; Lopes, Vítor P. ; Afonso, G.H. ; Conceição, L. ; Esteves, C.M. ; Antunes, A.M. ; Almeida, S.
• Date: 2008
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/4165
• Origin: Biblioteca Digital do IPB
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Cardiovascular diseases ICVO) are the first cause Df morbidi1y and mortality af world levei. CVD appears mostly associafed to a group cf Iodors such os hypertension, dyslipidemio, eleYoted plasmo glucose ond obesity, whose constellotion hos been nomed the metobolic syndrome IMelSl. The purposes of lhis study were: 01 to determine the prevolence of MelS in o semple of Portuguese children ond odolescents living in Madeiro Islond, ond bl which components ore the besI predidortsl of MelS in this somple.