ORIGINAL ARTICLE IRANIAN JOURNAL OF DIABETES AND OBESITY, VOLUME 7, NUMBER 1, SPRING 2015 1 The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Weight Groups among Children and Adolescents of Ahvaz Homeira Rashidi 1 , Seyed Peyman Payami 1* , Majid Karandish 1 , Seyed Mahmoud Latifi 1 , Armaghan Moravej Aleali 2 Introduction n association between obesity, high triglycerides (TG), low high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), hyper-insulinemia, Glucose intolerance, high blood pressure (BP), and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) were considered since the early 60s, and first was described by Revan et al in 1988 as metabolic syndrome (M.S) (1). The M.S is a risk factor of cardiovascular mortality among adults with and without type 2 diabetes (2). Although the prevalence of M.S and associated risk factors have been extensively studied in adults, but limited reports are available about children and adolescents. There is no clear definition for the M.S in this age group. At present, the same risk factors in adults based on age and sexspecific percentiles from global or national A 1- Health Research Institute, Diabetes Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. 2- Nutrition &Metabolic Disease Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. *Correspondence: Seyed Peyman Payami, Endocrinologist, Assistant Professor, Health Research Institute, Diabetes Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. Email: peyman_payami1@yahoo.com Tel: (98)    Fax: (98)    Received: 05 August 2015 Accepted: 12 November 2015 Published in December 2015 Abstract Objective: The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome at different weight groups in children and adolescents of Ahvaz. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study 2258 children and adolescents 10-19 years old (1119 males and 1139 females) were assessed. Prevalence of metabolic syndrome (M.S) according to modified ATPIII criteria in children and adolescence of normal weight, at risk of overweight, and overweight were evaluated for both sexes. SPSS software 19 was used for statistical analysis. Results: Prevalence of M.S was 9% and significantly higher in males (P=0.0001). The prevalence of M.S in three weight groups normal , at risk for overweight, and overweight was 7.6%, 13.7%, and 24.1%, respectively (P=0.0001). The prevalence of the syndrome in moderate and severe overweight was 5.6% and 26.9%, respectively. Conclusion: The Prevalence of M.S increased with weight gain in both sexes and was higher in males. Keywords: Metabolic syndrome, Weight, Adolescents, Prevalence. Downloaded from ijdo.ssu.ac.ir at 23:42 +0330 on Thursday December 9th 2021