The Incidence of Metabolic Syndrome Among Obese Children in Our Region

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Metabolic Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Routine laboratory tests

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01466556

80-2010-HYMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome amongst obese children in our region with a body mass index (BMI) above the 95th percentile for age and sex.

Enrollment: 70 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children with BMI over 95 percentile

Exclusion criteria

• Obesity secondary to medication use
• Obesity secondary to genetic disease

Trial design

70 participants in 1 patient group

Obese children

Treatment:

Other: Routine laboratory tests