Glycemia and associated factors in a pediatric population in Mexico.

Aims: In this study, we evaluated the association of sociodemographic, lifestyle and cardiometabolic factors with blood glucose levels in children and adolescents in Mexico.

Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study of 642 children and adolescents aged 6 to 19 years from different educational centers located in municipalities of the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, was carried out. Pearson and Spearman correlation tests and multiple linear regression models were used to evaluate the associations of the variables with glycemia.