Prevalence of a Metabolic Syndrome Phenotype in Adolescents

In adults the metabolic syndrome imposes a substantial risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus and premature coronary heart disease. Even so, no national estimate is currently available of the prevalence of this syndrome in adolescents.To estimate the prevalence and distribution of a metabolic syndrome among adolescents in the United States.Analyses of cross-sectional data obtained from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey...