- ►endojournals.org ML Cruz, MJ Weigensberg, TTK Huang, G Ball … - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2004 - Endocrine Soc The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome is highest among Hispanic adults.
However, studies exploring the metabolic syndrome in overweight Hispanic youth
are lacking. Subjects were 126 overweight children (8–13 yr of age) with ... Cited by 301 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
SR Srinivasan, L Myers, GS Berenson - Diabetes, 2002 - Am Diabetes Assoc The occurrence of insulin resistance syndrome (syndrome X) is common in the
general population. However, information is scant on the childhood predictors of
syndrome X. This study examined the relative contribution of childhood ... Cited by 235 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
DM Styne - The Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2001 - Elsevier There is a remarkable increase in the prevalence of children with excess body
fat in the United States—an epidemic of obesity. The trend is reflected in
data derived from many sources. A doubling of the prevalence of children ... Cited by 203 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 14 versions
F Azizi, P Salehi, A Etemadi, S Zahedi-Asl - Diabetes research and clinical practice, 2003 - Elsevier The aim of the present investigation was to determine the prevalence of the
metabolic syndrome among 10 368 of the adults (4397 men and 5971 women) aged 20
years and over, participating in the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study. The ... Cited by 145 - Related articles - All 9 versions
- ►usc.edu [PDF] ML Cruz, MI Goran - Current Diabetes Reports, 2004 - Springer Introduction Although the components of the metabolic syndrome were first
described over 40 years ago, it was only recently that both the World Health
Organization (WHO) and the United States (US) National Cholesterol ... Cited by 116 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►adisonline.com [PDF] S Carroll, M Dudfield - Sports Medicine, 2004 - ingentaconnect.com Prevention of the metabolic syndrome and treatment of its main characteristics
Abstract are now considered of utmost importance in order to combat the epidemic
of type 2 diabetes mellitus and to reduce the increased risk of ... Cited by 109 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
B Glowinska, M Urban, A Koput, M Galar - Atherosclerosis, 2003 - Elsevier In the last few years it has been proved that risk factors for atherosclerosis
are present in children and adolescents, and that already at this early age they
are connected with anatomic, atheromatous changes in vessels. These changes ... Cited by 79 - Related articles - All 12 versions
VG Athyros, VI Bouloukos, AN Pehlivanidis, … - Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism, 2005 - pt.wkhealth.com Background: The Third Report (ATP III) of the National Cholesterol Education
Program Expert Panel (NCEP) highlighted the importance of identifying and
treating patients with the metabolic syndrome (MetS) to prevent ... Cited by 74 - Related articles - All 5 versions
- ►ahajournals.org E Goodman, LM Dolan, JA Morrison, SR … - Circulation, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— Exploratory factor analysis (principal components
analysis) was performed with data from 1578 healthy seventh to 12th graders from
the Princeton School District Study, a school-based study in Cincinnati, ... Cited by 76 - Related articles - All 12 versions
