The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Children and Adolescents in Dalmatia: A Hospital Based Study
Obesity and metabolic syndrome (MS) are one of the biggest public health issues in child and adolescent population. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this hospital based study is the first report on the prevalence of MS in obese children and adolescents in Dalmatia, the Mediterranean part of Cr...
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| description | Obesity and metabolic syndrome (MS) are one of the biggest public health issues in child and adolescent population. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this hospital based study is the first report on the prevalence of MS in obese children and adolescents in Dalmatia, the Mediterranean part of Croatia. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of individual cardiovascular risk factors and MS. Between January 2009 and June 2014, 201 obese subjects aged 6 to 18 were analyzed retrospectively from our Pediatric Endocrine Unit database. The subjects were then classified in two groups of obesity; subjects with BMI z score 2.0–3.0 were classified as moderately obese and subjects with BMI z score > 3.0 were classified as severely obese. The overall prevalence of MS using the modified IDF criteria was 30.3%. The most common component of MS in both groups was arterial hypertension, while impaired fasting glucose was the least common component of MS. Our finding of high prevalence of MS underlines the importance of early childhood obesity treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e8136a87afdb4bd7ad91e117b52060102025-02-03T01:33:13ZengWileyInternational Journal of Endocrinology1687-83371687-83452016-01-01201610.1155/2016/18235611823561The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Children and Adolescents in Dalmatia: A Hospital Based StudyMarko Šimunović0Joško Božić1Lukrecija Milić2Ivana Unić3Veselin Škrabić4Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Split, Spinčićeva 1, 21000 Split, CroatiaDepartment of Pathophysiology, University of Split, School of Medicine, Šoltanska 2, 21000 Split, CroatiaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Split, Spinčićeva 1, 21000 Split, CroatiaDepartment of Pediatrics, University Hospital Split, Spinčićeva 1, 21000 Split, CroatiaDepartment of Pediatrics, University Hospital Split, Spinčićeva 1, 21000 Split, CroatiaObesity and metabolic syndrome (MS) are one of the biggest public health issues in child and adolescent population. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this hospital based study is the first report on the prevalence of MS in obese children and adolescents in Dalmatia, the Mediterranean part of Croatia. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of individual cardiovascular risk factors and MS. Between January 2009 and June 2014, 201 obese subjects aged 6 to 18 were analyzed retrospectively from our Pediatric Endocrine Unit database. The subjects were then classified in two groups of obesity; subjects with BMI z score 2.0–3.0 were classified as moderately obese and subjects with BMI z score > 3.0 were classified as severely obese. The overall prevalence of MS using the modified IDF criteria was 30.3%. The most common component of MS in both groups was arterial hypertension, while impaired fasting glucose was the least common component of MS. Our finding of high prevalence of MS underlines the importance of early childhood obesity treatment.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1823561 |
| spellingShingle | Marko Šimunović Joško Božić Lukrecija Milić Ivana Unić Veselin Škrabić The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Children and Adolescents in Dalmatia: A Hospital Based Study International Journal of Endocrinology |
| title | The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Children and Adolescents in Dalmatia: A Hospital Based Study |
| title_full | The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Children and Adolescents in Dalmatia: A Hospital Based Study |
| title_fullStr | The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Children and Adolescents in Dalmatia: A Hospital Based Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Children and Adolescents in Dalmatia: A Hospital Based Study |
| title_short | The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Children and Adolescents in Dalmatia: A Hospital Based Study |
| title_sort | prevalence of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk factors in obese children and adolescents in dalmatia a hospital based study |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1823561 |
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