Inter- and Intra-Ethnic Group Comparison of Metabolic Syndrome Components Among Morbidly Obese Adolescents
| Autor: | Kristopher L. Arheart, Guadalupe Garibay-Nieto, Sissi Cossio, Gabriela Lopez-Mitnik, Sarah E. Messiah, Adriana Carrillo-Iregui |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Blood Glucose
Male Percentile Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Cross-sectional study Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Population Ethnic group Blood Pressure Comorbidity Journal of the CardioMetabolic Syndrome Body Mass Index Mexican Americans Internal Medicine medicine Humans Child education Retrospective Studies Metabolic Syndrome education.field_of_study business.industry Nutrition Surveys medicine.disease Obesity United States Obesity Morbid Black or African American Cross-Sectional Studies Latin America Caribbean Region Female Metabolic syndrome Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Body mass index Demography |
| Zdroj: | J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) |
| ISSN: | 1524-6175 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00337.x |
| Popis: | J Clin Hypertens(Greenwich). 2010;12:645–652. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This study explored inter‐ (between) and intra‐ (within) ethnic group differences in metabolic syndrome components among a clinical sample of morbidly obese (body mass index [BMI] ≥97th percentile for age and sex) 12‐ to 18‐year‐olds originating from Latin America and the Caribbean Basin and a matched (age/ethnicity/sex/BMI percentile) national sample (N=208, both samples) of Mexican American and non‐Hispanic blacks from the 1999 to 2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Mexican American and non‐Hispanic black boys from the NHANES/national sample had significantly higher mean fasting glucose levels compared with Latin and Caribbean blacks (98.50 vs 85.42 mg/dL, 97.34 vs 86.44 mg/dL, respectively, (P |
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