Jo Spong, Teresa Iacono, Janelle Weise, Julian Trollor, Lisa Spong, Tim Lenten
Preparedness and training needs of a regional public mental health service to support people with intellectual disability
The Australian journal of rural health
metabolic syndrome mets group metabolic abnormalities include disturbed glucose metabolism dyslipidemia abdominal obesity arterial hypertension nutritional lifestyle modifications increased risk cardiometabolic disorders among adolescents studies conducted various parts india shown wide range prevalence among adolescents aged 1019 years various criteria defining mets led controversial diagnoses providing inconsistent findings additionally paucity nationallevel estimates prevalence mets india therefore systematic review metaanalysis conducted estimate prevalence mets among adolescents comprehensive search conducted identify studies reported prevalence mets among adolescents india search performed using several databases including pubmed embase sciencedirect scopus medline web science google google scholar relevant data extracted assessed quality using critical appraisal skills programme casp guidelines estimate pooled prevalence explore heterogeneity random effects model i2 statistic used subgroup analyses conducted based criteria defining mets sex study setting study site sensitivity analysis performed publication bias also explored sample size 19044 adolescents 16 studies included metaanalysis pooled prevalence mets among adolescents using international diabetes federation idf criteria 34 95 ci 1166 i2971 national cholesterol education program adult treatment panel iii ncepatp iii criteria 50 95 ci 3369 i2959 subgroup analyses reveal reasons heterogeneity sensitivity analysis showed substantial change pooled estimate study findings show prevalence mets among indian adolescents higher compared countries posing challenge address necessity intervention among adolescents standardizing definition mets necessary avoid inconsistency estimates study findings highlight need strengthen existing adolescent programs encouragement increased physical activity adoption nutritious wellbalanced diets mitigate burden mets among adolescents india