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Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents

NCT03203863 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 3325

Last updated 2017-06-29

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Summary

The purpose of this study was to cross-sectionally evaluate nutritional status and the metabolic syndrome in a sample of school-age children 10-15 years of age from 20 public schools in Santiago, Chile. In addition, the investigators retrospectively assessed the association of those variables with perinatal variables (birth weight, birth length, and gestational age at delivery).

Conditions

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

anthropometric measures of fatness

The aim of this study was to determine the discrimination capacity for cardiovascular risk factors of BMI, fat mass (FM), waist circumference (WC), and waist to height ratio (WHtR) in a population of Chilean children from Puente Alto County. Additionally, new cutoff points were established and compared with those described by other authors

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico, Chile

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-04-01
Primary Completion
2011-12-24
Completion
2012-04-30

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