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PIRES RODRIGUEZ, Maria del Carmen; NAVA ARIAS, Anaís Virginia  y  LANZILLI, Pía. Síndrome metabólico: prevalencia y factores de riesgo en escolares. Arch Venez Puer Ped [online]. 2009, vol.72, n.2, pp.47-52. ISSN 0004-0649.

Introduction: The metabolic syndrome (MS) in children is diagnosed with the presence of three or more of the following criteria: abdominal obesity > p90, blood pressure systolic/diastolic > p95, triglycerides > p95, HDL-C < p5, according to gender and age, and fasting glucose alterations > 100 mg/dl. Objective: To determine the prevalence and the risks factors for ms in students 6-12 years old of the Bolivarian Basic School “Moruy” in the municipality of Falcón, state of Falcon, Venezuela. Methods: It is a descriptive, transversal, exploratory, not experimental study, with a probabilistic sample of 80 students; the following parameters were measured: blood pressure, waist circumference, weight, size, serum lipids and fasting glucose. Results: 13.7 % of the total population presented high blood pressure, 11.2% abdominal obesity, 11.3 % were overweigth or presented corporal obesity, cutaneous striates were present in 3.7 %, acantosis nigricans in 1.2 %, hipertriglyceridaemia in 3.7 %, low HDL-C in 13.7 %, fasting glucose was elevated in 6.2 % and the total prevalence of MS was 3.7 %. Conclusions: The total studied population presented at least one risk factor (familiar, perinatal/obstetric and personal) for MS. the total prevalence of MS was 3.7 %.

Palabras clave : Metabolic syndrome; school-aged-children; risks factors; prevalence.