Intra-abdominal Adiposity and Individual Components of the Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescence

To investigate the association between intra-abdominal adiposity and individual components of the metabolic syndrome (MS) in adolescent males and females.Cross-sectional study of a population-based cohort.Saguenay Youth Study, Quebec, Canada.A total of 324 adolescents, aged 12 to 18 years.Measures were compared between males and females with "high" or "low" intra-abdominal fat (IAF).Intra-abdominal fat was quantified with magnetic resonance...