title: [Metabolic syndrome prevalence in teenagers of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (SM) and its components in teenagers from the metropolitan area of Monterrey Nuevo Leon, Mexico (AMM).
  
  
  METHODS
  A transversal research involving 254 teenage students from 10 to 19 years old. To research investigated their personal characteristics, anthropometrics measures, glucose, triglycerides and cholesterol HDL. The SM definition was adapted from the one suggested by the National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATPIII).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The SM prevalence was 9.4 % (IC95%: 5.8 to 13.0), there was not a difference between the sexes. The prevalence among each SM component was: 24.4% for high triglycerides, 20.1% for abdominal obesity, 19.0% for cholesterol of lipoproteins of a high density (HDL-c) low, 11.4 % for high glucose and for high blood pressure (9.1% diastolic and 5.9% systolic). The prevalent SM phenotypes were corporal mass (IMC) (OR = 4.93, IC95%: 2.26, 10.73) and the IMC interaction of the teenager with a family history of obesity (OR = 1.37, IC95%: 1.0, 1.87). It was observed that those with a family history of diabetes type 2 only experienced a marginal effect.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The SM prevalence in teenagers from AMM is high it was an alarming situation if it continues into adulthood. The existence of obesity in relatives of the first and second grade, altogether with teenager IMC are important prediction factors of SM.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
authors.forename: Velia Margarita
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Cárdenas-Villareal
authors.forename: Juan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: López Alvarenga
authors.forename: Raúl A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bastarrachea
authors.forename: María Mercedes
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Rizo-Baeza
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cortés-Castell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002784:Cholesterol; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol