Yanna Zhu, Hao Zheng, Zhiyong Zou, Jin Jing, Yinghua Ma, Haijun Wang, Jiayou Luo, Xin Zhang, Chunyan Luo, Hong Wang, Haiping Zhao, Dehong Pan, Per Sangild, Biraj M Karmacharya, Jun Ma, Yajun Chen
AIMS: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has become a worldwide epidemic; however, few studies have described its status in Chinese children. This study aimed to estimate MetS status and its associations with geography, economic development, birth weight, and parental education of Chinese children and adolescents. METHODS: Data were derived from 15,045 participants aged 7-18 years across seven Chinese provinces. Physical measurement and blood tests were conducted to assess the five classical MetS components described by the International Diabetes Federation, including abdominal obesity (the essential component), high blood pressure, low high-density cholesterol (HDL-C), high triglyceride, and elevated fasting glucose (FG)...
June 1, 2020: Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis