Metabolic risk is associated with sociodemographic characteristics in adolescents from both rural and urban regions from southern Brazil

• Main Authors: Sonimar de Souza (Author), João Francisco de Castro Silveira (Author), Kelin Cristina Marques (Author), Anelise Reis Gaya (Author), Silvia Isabel Rech Franke (Author), Jane Dagmar Pollo Renner (Author), James Philip Hobkirk (Author), Sean Carroll (Author), Cézane Priscila Reuter (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The prevalence of several cardiovascular metabolic disorders are increasingly cause for concern in adolescents worldwide. Given the complex interrelations between metabolic risk (MR) and sociodemographic variables, the present study aims to examine the association between the pre...