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Title
Prevalence of a metabolic syndrome phenotype in adolescents: findings from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994.
Authors
Cook, Stephen; Weitzman, Michael; Auinger, Peggy; Nguyen, Michael; Dietz, William H
Abstract
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.