title: Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in adolescents aged 10-18 years in Jammu, J and K.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among adolescents attending school in the Jammu region, India.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a cross-sectional study conducted between November 2009 and December 2010, among a total of 1160 school-going adolescents of both sexes aged 10-18 years. Relevant metabolic and anthropometric variables were analyzed and criteria suggested by National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel Third (NCEP-ATP III) modified forage was used to define metabolic syndrome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 2.6%. Prevalence of metabolic syndrome was higher in males (3.84%) than in females (1.6%) and slightly higher in urban area (2.80%) than in rural area (2.52%), whereas prevalence of metabolic syndrome among centrally obese subjects was as high as 33.33%. High density lipoprotein cholesterol was the most common and high blood pressure was the least common constituent of metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome was most prevalent in 16-18 years age group (4.79%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study demonstrates that metabolic syndrome phenotype exists in substantial number (up to 3%) of adolescent population in the Jammu region, India, and particularly 33% of obese adolescents are at risk to develop metabolic syndrome. These findings pose a serious threat to the current and future health of these young people.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, G.M.C, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Narinder
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Ravi Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Parihar
authors.forename: Ghanshyam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saini
authors.forename: Sandeep Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.forename: Neeraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Mohd
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Razaq
keywords: Adolescents; metabolic syndrome; obesity; prevalence