Prevalência da síndrome metabólica em adolescentes de 06 Escolas na Cidade de São Luís/MA Brasil

Abstract

In the pediatric population is increasing the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome. In Brazil, few studies have been conducted regarding its prevalence, diagnostic criteria, especially in the North / Northeast. Despite not having an official definition for metabolic syndrome in adolescents, we used the NCEP ATP III criteria modified consisting of Abdominal Obesity > = 90 percentile, HDL-cholesterol <= 40 mg / dl, triglycerides> = 110 mg / dl, Fasting glucose > = 100 mg / dl, blood pressure> = 90 percentile for age and gender. 468 adolescents were evaluated and 168 (40.2%) male and 280 (59.8%) females of six (06) public and private schools in the city of São Luis / MA, during the year 2012. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 12.2% with 30 male patients and 27 female. There was a male predominance and the most affected age group was 14-15 years, followed by the range of 16-17 years. Regarding the components of the Metabolic Syndrome, hypertension was the dominant component in all cases, then HDL cholesterol decreased (94.7%), obesity (79%), triglycerides (71.9%), medium and high risk C-reactive protein (28.1%), while hyperglicemia was not found in any case, alterede HOMA-IR was found in 75.4% of cases. It was measured the relationship between waist circumference and height in this population with a cutoff size> = 0.5 in order to assess visceral adiposity. In patients with metabolic syndrome it was found a relation RCA increased in 66.7% of adolescents. Regarding family history of patients with metabolic syndrome the prevalence of obesity was around 22.8%, followed by 17.5% Diabetes Hypertension and 15.8% Diabetes, Hypertension and Obesity.