Table 2.

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in pediatric patients with abdominal obesity along the lifestyle intervention.

	Baseline [n = 29]	2-Months [n = 29]	12-Months [n = 21]	p
MetS	7 [24%]	0	4 [19%]	0.009
MetS components
WC ≥ 90th percentile	29 [100%]	25 [86%]	17 [81%]	<0.001
Triglycerides ≥ 150 mg/dL	2 [7%]	1 [3%]	1 [5%]	0.779
HDL-C ≤ 40 mg/dL	9 [31%]	10 [35%]	5 [24%]	0.072
Glucose ≥ 100 mg/dL	5 [17%]	0 [0%]	1 [5%]	0.030
SBP ≥ 130 mmHg	8 [28%]	3 [10%]	3 [14%]	0.103
DBP ≥ 85 mmHg	6 [21%]	2 [7%]	2 [10%]	0.135

Abbreviations: MetS, metabolic syndrome; WC, waist circumference; HDL-C, HDL-cholesterol; LDL-C, LDL-cholesterol; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure. In bold p < 0.05 values obtained by applying the Cochran test. MetS definition—IDF criteria [25].