Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Associations with Nutritional Status in Adolescents

A cross-sectional study of 327 adolescents aged 14 to 19 from public and private schools. The dataset likely contains anthropometric assessments, biochemical parameters, and blood pressure measurements used to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome. The study was conducted by Myrla Gabriela Mendes and uses the NCEP/ATP III diagnostic criteria.

Use Cases

• Predicting metabolic syndrome risk based on anthropometric and biochemical parameters mentioned in the description
• Analyzing the association between obesity and metabolic syndrome components in adolescents
• Modeling the prevalence of metabolic syndrome across different school types (public vs. private)
• Investigating gender differences in metabolic health indicators among adolescents

Strengths

• Includes data from 327 adolescents, with 59.9% female and 65.7% from public schools
• Reports a specific prevalence rate of 7% for metabolic syndrome in the sample
• Uses established diagnostic criteria (NCEP/ATP III) for metabolic syndrome

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Myrla Gabriela Mendes

Collection Method

Cross-sectional study with anthropometric assessment, biochemical parameter collection, and blood pressure measurement.