Temporal Trend of Non-Invasive Method Capacity for Early Detection of Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents: A Bayesian Multilevel Analysis of Pseudo-Panel Data

<b><i>Background:</i></b> The aim of this study was to examine the ability of Noninvasive methods to early predictions of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among children and adolescents from 2003 to 2016. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> This was a repeated cross-sectional study based on 24,409 Iranian children and adolescents. The variables included anthropometric measures, serum lipid profiles, hypertension, and...