title: [Metabolic syndrome in adolescents of different nutritional status].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in adolescents of different nutritional status.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample consisted of 582 adolescents aged 12 to 18 years. Body mass index (BMI) classification of nutritional status was performed using the NCHS growth charts. MetS diagnosis was determined by the presence of three or more risk factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall MetS prevalence was 6.7% (CI: 4.9%-9%); in boys, prevalence was 9.4%; and in girls, 4.1%. MetS prevalence was 17.2% (CI: 10%-28.2%) and 37.1% (CI: 23.2%-53.7%) in overweight and obese adolescents, respectively. All obese adolescents had at least one risk factor present, and demonstrated high MetS prevalence ratio compared with adolescents of normal weight (PR: 11.1; CI: 5.75-21.47).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High prevalence of MetS was observed in obese adolescents. Prevention strategies should focus on body weight control since the beginning of adolescence.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná, Jacarezinho, PR, Brasil. asneto@uenp.edu.br
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stabelini Neto
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bozza
authors.forename: Anderson
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ulbrich
authors.forename: Luis Paulo Gomes
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Mascarenhas
authors.forename: Margaret Cristina da Silva
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Boguszewski
authors.forename: Wagner de
authors.initials: Wd
authors.lastname: Campos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009752:Nutritional Status / Q000502:physiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012016:Reference Values; D012307:Risk Factors