Previous studies have related the decrease in muscular strength with an increase of cardiovascular risk factors. The works related to this topic have mostly used the strength of upper limbs through grip strength as an assessment method. PURPOSE: To establish the relationship between power in lower limbs assessed through the Abalakov test and determinant variables of the metabolic syndrome. METHODS:79 young women with an average age of 19.2 ± 2.8 years participated in the study. After signing an informed consent, blood samples were taken for the assessment of Glucose Level (Gluc), Total Cholesterol (CHtot), HDL Cholesterol (HDL-C), LDL Cholesterol (LDL-C) and Triglycerides (TG) after an 8-hour fast and were analyzed with the use of the dry chemistry method immediately. In a different session, the blood pressure after a 10-minute rest and anthropometric variables were measured: weight, height and abdominal perimeter (AP). Finally, a jump test was performed using the Abalakov Test (Abk) with the use of Axon Jump® equipment, relating the height reached with the power of the jump. The statistical analysis involved descriptive statistics with the use of means and standard deviations. Pearson’s test was performed for the correlation between variables which established a statistically significant p lower than 0.05. RESULTS:The average weight of the population was 57.1 ± 10.6 Kg. Height was 158 ± 6.3 cm. (AP) was 76.1 ± 9.6 cm. Systolic blood pressure was 97.1 ± 8.8 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure was 64.6 ± 8.2 mmHg. The blood variables were: CHtot 155.6 ± 28.8 mg/dL, HDL-C 41.1±7.4 mg/dL, LDL-C 93.5 ± 27.3 mg/dL and Gluc: 94.7 ± 9.0 mg/dL. Abk height was 26.0 ± 5.3 cm. Correlations involving power of jump showed: Abk-AP: r=-0.35 p<0.01, Abk-Gluc: r=-0.26 p=0.02, Abk-CHtot: r=-0.29 p<0.01, Abk-CHDL: r=0.5 p<0.01, Abk-LDL: r=-0.25 p=0.02, Abk-Tg: -0.24 p=0.03. CONCLUSIONS: There is a directly proportional relation between the power of lower limbs and proatherogenic variables such as AP and the concentration of Gluc, LDL-C or Tg, a relation that is inversely proportional to the values of HDL-C, a fact that confirms the relationship of muscular strength and the metabolic syndrome.