Table 1.

DHA status in blood and components of IDF criteria for metabolic syndrome in obese children.

Metabolic Syndrome Components [Ref]	Blood DHA Status
Obesity [29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36]	DHA content is lower in obese children and negatively associated with the degree of obesity, except for two studies [34,35]
Glucose metabolism alterations [30,31,32,33,43,44]	Inconsistent results
Abnormal blood lipid profile [30,31,33]	Inconsistent results
Blood pressure alterations [31]	None association with systolic blood pressure