Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome Study

Completed

Conditions studied: Metabolic Syndrome, Overweight and Obesity, Cardiovascular Risk Factor

In brief

The Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome Study is an observational study being conducted at the Medical University of South Carolina to investigate cardiometabolic risk parameters in obese subjects ages 4 to 21. A detailed assessment is performed on eligible subjects including fasting labwork, anthropometrics, nutrition analysis, body composition testing, echocardiography, and carotid IMT measurements.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03570840

Run by

Medical University of South Carolina

People needed

477

Starts

2009-09-01

Expected to finish

2017-04-05

Last updated by the study team

2018-06-28

Who can join

Age: 4 and older, up to 21. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age 4 to 21 years history of obesity (BMI at or over the 95th% for age/gender)

You may not qualify if…

• age below 4 or above 21 years no history of obesity current pregnancy current chronic oral steroid use current insulin use

Where it is running

• MUSC — Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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