Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in adolescents aged 10-18 years in Jammu, J and K.

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among adolescents attending school in the Jammu region, India.

Materials And Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted between November 2009 and December 2010, among a total of 1160 school-going adolescents of both sexes aged 10-18 years. Relevant metabolic and anthropometric variables were analyzed and criteria suggested by National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel Third (NCEP-ATP III) modified forage was used to define metabolic syndrome.

Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.

Familial hypercholesterolema (FH) is an inherited autosomal dominant disorder of lipid metabolism. We report a 3 years old female child who presented with multiple eruptive xanthomatosis of skin since 6 months of age and had deranged lipid profile consistent with FH.