Monitoring of metabolic syndrome and its main criterions rate in children
Objective. To study the rate of metabolic syndrome and its main criterions in children.Material and methods. Among 1520 children of total population 90 children with metabolic syndrome aged from 9 to 18 years were selected. Diagnosing of metabolic syndrome was provided according to International Diabetic Federation recommendations (2007).Results. It was established that the rate of metabolic syndrome in children of Lviv was 5,9%. The most spread and therefore primary criterion of metabolic syndrome in children was abdominal obesity, which was diagnosed both in overweight (36,6%) and in generalized obesity (63,4) (p=0,039) and was identified in all children with metabolic syndrome (100,0%). Insulin resistance as a sign of carbohydrate metabolism changes was identified in fewer children (41,8%), which means the primacy of abdominal obesity in relation to insulin resistance in metabolic syndrome criterions formation. Hyperglycemia and hypoalphacholesterolemia were almost of the same frequency, which suggests the likelihood of metabolic syndrome development both toward carbohydrate metabolism changes with hyperinsulinemia and hyperglycemia and to lipid metabolism with lowered cholesterol level in high density lipoproteins as well as to hypertriglyceridemia. The latter had the lowest diagnostic level (18,8%).Summary. The rate of metabolic syndrome and its main criterions in Lviv children did not differ from the universal rate. The most informative and spread metabolic syndrome criterions in descending order were: abdominal obesity → arterial hypertension→ hyperinsulinemia → insulin resistance →hyperglycemia→low concentrarion of high-densitycholesterol→high concentration of triglycerides in blood. It is rational to monitor metabolic syndrome in Ukraine, whichreflects a real spread of metabolic disorders in order to prevent and correction them.