Differences in the proportion of Croatian adolescents with abnormal individual metabolic syndrome components adjusted to gender and different criterion for individual metabolic syndrome component.

Objectives: There are different approaches to diagnosing of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in adolescents. We aim to compare the proportions of adolescents with abnormal values of MetS components between the NCEP/ATP criteria and the proposed cut-off values from the local population percentile distribution adjusted to gender.

Methods: Subjects were 358 high school students (246 girls, 112 boys) aged 14-17 years from three Croatian regions.

ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS, DIETARY HABITS, SERUM LIPID AND GLUCOSE LEVELS IN RELATION TO HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AMONG ADOLESCENT BOYS AND GIRLS IN CROATIA.

The aim was to determine differences in anthropometric measurements, dietary habits, serum lipid and glucose levels in relation to high blood pressure (BP) among adolescent boys and girls in Croatia. The specific aim was to determine the effect of dietary habits and lifestyle on high BP in adolescents according to sex. The study included 260 (68.