id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_iea44li44ngglguu7t6zjov6rq I Leal-Berumen Screening for metabolic syndrome risk factors in mestizo, tarahumara and mennonite scholars from Chihuahua Mexico 2012 2 .pdf application/pdf 774 99 54 Screening for metabolic syndrome risk factors in mestizo, tarahumara and mennonite scholars Nutrición 2006, 30% of adult population is obese and increases the risk for heart disease, diabetes mellitus To screen for MS risk factors among mestizo, tarahumara and mennonite teenagers from Chihuahua, Mexico Blood pressure, anthropometric measures, fasting glucose, triglycerides and cholesterol HDL were obtained with signed parental informed In total population 2.6% had abnormal abdominal obesity, 2.2% had increased fasting glucose, 24.6% had cholesterol abnormal levels where observed in 55.4% tarahumaras, in 23.3% mestizos and in 12.3% mennonites. mestizas greater obesity (11.4%) and 15.4% male tarahumaras were overweight. well as abnormal triglycerides and HDL cholesterol levels. © 2012 Leal-Berumen et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Cite this article as: Leal-Berumen et al.: Screening for metabolic syndrome risk factors in mestizo, tarahumara and mennonite scholars ./cache/work_iea44li44ngglguu7t6zjov6rq.pdf ./txt/work_iea44li44ngglguu7t6zjov6rq.txt