title: [Somatic, biochemical and arterial pressure at the end of adolescence, according to weight at birth].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate in young people differences among somatic measurements, biochemical issues and arterial tension, according to weight at birth.
  
  
  METHODS
  53 youth born with body weight <2500 g, and 100 born with normal weight were studied.
  
  
  METHODS
  somatic measurements, arterial pressure, glucose, insulin, cholesterol and triglycerides. Insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome were also evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Men born with normal weight had higher cholesterol and resistance to insulin. Differences persisted for odds ratio. Those born with <2500 g had a negative correlation among weight at birth and glucose level. Overweight-obesity was found in 30.0% (46/153) and the metabolic syndrome in 10% (14/140); the frequency of this syndrome increased with the IMC was higher: from 2.0% (2/100) in eutrophics to 30% (12/40) in those with overweight-obesity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings stand out the magnitude of the adiposity and of the metabolic syndrome in youths.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Salud Pública Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, Mexico, DF, Mexico.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: García de Quevedo-Landa
authors.forename: Leopoldo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vega-Franco
authors.forename: María del Carmen
authors.initials: Mdel C
authors.lastname: Iñarritu
authors.forename: Oscar C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Thompson-Chagoyan
authors.forename: Maricarmen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lopéz-Moreno
authors.forename: Marcial
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huerta
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Villanueva-Recillas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001724:Birth Weight; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001827:Body Height; D049628:Body Size; D001835:Body Weight; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012737:Sex Factors; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol