ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0016.12-7 | Metabolic Syndrome | ESPEYB16

12.7. Prospective associations between socioeconomically disadvantaged groups and metabolic syndrome risk in European children. Results from the IDEFICS study

I Iguacel , N Michels , W Ahrens , K Bammann , G Eiben , JM Fernandez-Alvira , S Marild , D Molnar , L Reisch , P Russo , M Tornaritis , T Veidebaum , M Wolters , LA Moreno , C Bornhorst , IDEFICS consortium Bornhorst

To read the full abstract: Int J Cardiol 2018;272:333–340.Summary: In a multi-center prospective cohort study of 2401 European children, early life exposure to socioeconomic disadvantages, particularly living in low-educated families, having a non-traditional family structure, parental unemployment and the accumulation of >3 disadvantages were associated with higher ris...