Key result
Overweight and obesity in US adolescents were associated with a dose-response increase in CVD risk factors, while overall prediabetes/diabetes prevalence increased from 9% to 23% between 1999 and 2008.
Cross-Sectional (n=3,383)
Yes
US adolescents carry a substantial burden of cardiovascular disease risk factors, with the prevalence of prediabetes/diabetes increasing significantly from 1999 to 2008, particularly among overweight and obese youth.
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Alerts clinicians to rising cardiometabolic burden in US youth; leaves open causal links and intervention effects.
May et al. (2012) conducted a cross-sectional in Cardiovascular disease risk factors (n=3,383). Overweight and obesity vs. Normal weight was evaluated on Prevalence of prehypertension/hypertension, borderline-high/high LDL, low HDL, and prediabetes/diabetes. Overweight and obesity in US adolescents were associated with a dose-response increase in CVD risk factors, while overall prediabetes/diabetes prevalence increased from 9% to 23% between 1999 and 2008.
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