title: [Metabolic abnormalities and relationship with cardiovascular risk factors in children].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to describe cardiovascular risk factors in pediatric patients of the General Hospital Zone 58 and its relationship with metabolic abnormalities.
  
  
  METHODS
  we studied a population of 30 healthy; children randomized. We measured weight, height, body mass index, blood pressure, waist circumference, determination of blood glucose, total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides and uric acid. We applied a structured questionnaire about: how many hours a day the child watch television, hours of sleeping, birth weight, consumption of junk food, plus additional questions to investigate family history of cardiovascular disease.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the group consisted of 17 girls (56 %) and 13 children (44 %), average age: 9.7 years. Patients who had at least one abnormal laboratory result were 27 (90 %). Cardiovascular risk factors showed an arithmetic mean birth weight 3175 g, 3.6 h hours of watching TV, sleep diary 8.9, lots of junk food every day 2.9. 15 patients had normal BMI, 5 more than the 95 centile and 7 below the 10 centile.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the main factor that determined metabolic disorders was family history of cardiovascular disease or lipid disorders.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Tlalnepantla de Baz, Estado de México, Mexico. spalacios_21@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Santiago Manuel
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Palacios-Mancilla
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rubio-Lezama
authors.forename: Margarito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Jesús de la Torre-López
authors.forename: Aurora Esperanza
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Arrevillaga-López
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors