A three-country study on the components of the metabolic syndrome in youths: The BIG Study

Schwändt, P.; Kelishadi, Roya; Q. C. Ribeiro, Robbespierre; Haas, Gerda-Maria; Poursafa, Parinaz

doi:10.3109/17477160903497043

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A three-country study on the components of the metabolic syndrome in youths: The BIG Study

Published in International Journal of Pediatric Obesity • Mar 17, 2010

Authors:

P. Schwändt

Roya Kelishadi

Robbespierre Q. C. Ribeiro

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of components of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) among representative samples of children and adolescents from Brazil, Iran and Germany (BIG study). METHODS: We report the data of a total number of 4 473 children (mean age 7.7 years; 2 218 boys,) a...

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Medicine

Metabolic syndrome

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