Authors
Roya Kelishadi, Stephen R Cook, Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Gelayol Ardalan, Molouk Motaghian, Reza Majdzadeh, Mohammad A Ramezani
Publication date
2008/1/1
Journal
Journal of the American Dietetic Association
Volume
108
Issue
1
Pages
82-90
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence and distribution of cardiovascular risk factors and the metabolic syndrome in children with generalized, central, or combined types of obesity and to possibly discover if a phenotypically obese metabolically normal and a metabolically obese normal weight phenotype could be identified in children and adolescents.
DESIGN
This cross-sectional study is the baseline survey of a national longitudinal study.
SUBJECT/SETTING
Overall 4,811 nationally representative children, aged 6 to 18 years, were recruited from the community through randomly selected schools within six provinces in Iran. In addition to physical examination, fasting glucose and lipid profile were assessed.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE
Obesity type was considered the independent variable, cardiovascular risk factors and the metabolic syndrome were dependent variables …
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