Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of metabolic syndrome in school-aged children and their parents in nine Mesoamerican countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To ascertain the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of cardiometabolic risk factors in adults and school-aged children from Mesoamerica.

Design

Cross-sectional study with convenience sampling. In adults, metabolic syndrome was defined according to the National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) criteria. In children, we calculated a continuous sex- and age-standardized metabolic risk score using variables corresponding to adult ATP III criteria. Metabolic syndrome prevalence in adults and risk score distribution in children were compared across levels of sociodemographic characteristics with use of Poisson and linear regression, respectively.

Setting

Capital cities of Guatemala, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Ho

SUBMITTER: Villamor E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10261323 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature