Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence and Nutritional Status in Adolescents, 327 Subjects

A cross-sectional study of 327 adolescents aged 14 to 19 from public and private schools in an unspecified region. The dataset, created by Myrla Gabriela Mendes, includes anthropometric, biochemical, and blood pressure measurements used to determine a 7% prevalence of metabolic syndrome. The study found that 90.8% of the sample had at least one diagnostic criterion for the syndrome.

Use Cases

• Predicting metabolic syndrome risk based on anthropometric measurements like Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference.
• Analyzing associations between nutritional status and biochemical parameters such as glucose and cholesterol levels.
• Modeling the relationship between obesity and the presence of multiple metabolic syndrome diagnostic criteria.
• Investigating demographic factors, such as school type (public/private), in relation to metabolic health outcomes.

Strengths

• Includes data from 327 adolescent subjects, with a defined gender distribution (59.9% female).
• Contains multiple measurement types: anthropometric (BMI, Waist Circumference), biochemical parameters, and blood pressure.
• Uses a standardized diagnostic criterion (NCEP/ATP III) for defining metabolic syndrome.
• Reports specific prevalence figures (7% for full syndrome, 90.8% for at least one criterion).

Limitations

• Geographic location of the study is not specified, limiting generalizability.
• Row count and file format for the underlying data are unknown.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the description.

Provenance

Source

Myrla Gabriela Mendes via paperswithcode

Collection Method

Cross-sectional study involving anthropometric assessment, biochemical parameter determination, and blood pressure collection.