The Petai China study: metabolic syndrome among obese Indonesian Chinese adolescents (preliminary report).

ABSTRACT

AIM: We examined 251 boys and 259 young girls of chinese offspring, age of 12 to 18 years old from 5 schools around North Jakarta and West of Jakarta. The variables observed are Body Mass Index, waist circumference, fasting sugar level, fasting HDL-cholesterol, tryglyceride and insulin level (fasting). METHODS: Cross-sectional epidemiology survey. RESULTS: We found 125 youngsters as obese which are 82 young boys and 43 young girls. 47 of the 510 students observed anthropometrically agreed to continue the examination for blood test. The prevalence of the obesity is 4,9% of the population observed and the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome found higher among male students (19,14%) of 10,63% among female students. For the obese population, the criterion of metabolic syndrome is found higher (35,71%). CONCLUSION: We determined the existence of metabolic syndrome among the youth in Jakarta that the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome is higher among the obese population.