Abstract:Objetive: To analyze the association of diagnostic criteria for Metabolic Syndrome with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics in young schoolchildren. Methods: Analytical study conducted with 320 young adult schoolchildren from Fortaleza-Ceará-Brazil. Results: It was shown that the frequency of cases of one, two and three altered criteria for Metabolic Syndrome was 254, 58 and eight, respectively. Overweight affected 56.6% of young adult schoolchildren surveyed. In the final regression model, t… Show more
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