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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
Published on: February 2, 2017
[Risk factors for dislypidemia in obese children and adolescents]
Enrique Romero-Velarde1, Octavio Campollo-Rivas, Alfredo Celis de la Rosa
1Instituto de Nutrición Humana, Departamento de Reproduccion Humana, Crecimiento y Desarrollo Infantil. erv205@hotmail.com
Objective:
To assess the risk of dislypidemia associated with obesity in children and adolescents.
Material And Methods:
A cross sectional study was conducted with 62 obese children (BMI > 95 centile and tricipital skinfold thickness > 90 centile) and 70 non-obese children (BMI 5-85 centile) ages 5-15 years, without chronic diseases. Subjects' characteristics and family background of chronic diseases were collected and a lipid profile was determined. The risk of lipid alterations in the obese children was calculated using odds ratio (OR) and multivariate analysis.
Results:
Mean age was 9.8 +/- 2.7 years in both groups; 63 girls and 69 boys were included. Obesity was associated with abnormal values for cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL, HDL and dislypidemia (> 1 abnormal value) (OR 4.47-15.0). In obese children and adolescents the multivariate analysis showed that female gender was associated with dislypidemia.
Conclusion:
Obesity in children and adolescents is associated with high risk of dislypidemia; the risk is higher among females.
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