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Research Paper | Pediatrics | Indonesia | Volume 4 Issue 11, November 2015 | Popularity: 6.7 / 10
Metabolic Syndrome in Overweight and Obese Children
Mokhammad Ikhsan Nurkholis, Aidah Juliaty A. Baso, Dasril Daud, Johan Setyawan Lisal
Abstract: Introduction Obesity and overweight that occurs in childhood tend to persist into adulthood. Chronic Obesity and overweight leads to another condition called metabolic syndrome that strongly associated with Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Materials and Methods A cross-sectional study had been conducted from April until June 2015 on several students of Junior High School in Nusantaras, Athirahs and Fraters in Makassar. The study samples that met the criteria were 80 children of 13-15 years old students. These samples were divided into two groups 40 children were overweight and the 40 children were obese. Results The frequency of metabolic syndrome were higher in the group of obese than the group of overweight children (p = 0.000, OR 7.000 with a 95 % CI (2.276 to 21.529). Conclusion This study indicated that obesity status had a higher incidence of metabolic syndrome than overweight status. Nutritional status was correlated to childhood metabolic syndrome.
Keywords: Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Overweight, Nutritional, Children
Edition: Volume 4 Issue 11, November 2015
Pages: 900 - 904
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