Research Article
The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Children and Adolescents in Dalmatia: A Hospital Based Study
Table 3
Prevalence of individual risk factors in moderately and severely obese subjects.
| | Parameter | Moderately obese () | Severely obese () | | | (%) | (%) |
| | Hypertriglyceridemia | 28 (25.5) | 27 (29.7) | 0.505 | | Low HDL | 29 (26.4) | 28 (30.8) | 0.490 | | Impaired fasting glucose | 9 (8.2) | 8 (8.8) | 0.877 | | Arterial hypertension | 38 (34.5) | 47 (51.6) | 0.014 | | Insulin resistance | 61 (55.5) | 66 (72.5) | 0.013 | | Hyperinsulinemia | 52 (47.3) | 61 (67.0) | 0.005 | | Impaired glucose tolerance | 10 (9.1) | 4 (4.4) | 0.334 |
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HDL: high-density lipoproteins.
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