Racial/ethnic and sex differences in the ability of metabolic syndrome criteria to predict elevations in fasting insulin levels in adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate racial/ethnic and sex differences in the relationship between metabolic syndrome (MetS) diagnosis and fasting insulin in adolescents.

Study design

We analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Evaluation Survey 1999-2008 for 3693 non-Hispanic-white, non-Hispanic-black, and Hispanic adolescents (12 to 19 years of age). We used linear regression to evaluate differences in fasting insulin levels between those with and without an adolescent adaptation of ATPIII-MetS in a sex- and race/ethnicity-specific basis.

Results

Females had higher insulin levels than males, and non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics had higher levels than non-Hispanic whites. Adolescents with MetS had higher insulin levels than those without MetS. The difference in insulin

SUBMITTER: DeBoer MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3202665 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature