Key result
Metabolic syndrome is prevalent in US adolescents and mirrors adult racial and ethnic patterns.
Why the study?
Metabolic syndrome prevalence and racial/ethnic distribution in American adolescents were not well characterized using a pediatric definition analogous to ATP III.
Metabolic syndrome is common among American adolescents, highlighting the need for early identification to improve future cardiovascular health.
Raises awareness for adolescent screening; extends adult racial/ethnic patterns but remains hypothesis-generating without longitudinal outcomes data.
Our definition of pediatric MetS, designed to be closely analogous to ATP III, found MetS is common in adolescents and has a similar racial/ethnic distribution to adults in this representative national sample. Because childhood MetS likely tracks into adulthood, early identification may help target interventions to improve future cardiovascular health.
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Ferranti et al. (2004) studied this question. Metabolic syndrome is common among American adolescents and exhibits a racial and ethnic distribution similar to that observed in adults.
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