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Body Composition and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Paediatric Population

Sonja Golob Jančič1, Mirjam Močnik1, Marjetka Švigelj2

  • 1Department of Paediatrics, University Medical Centre Maribor, Ljubljanska 5, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.

Children (Basel, Switzerland)
|May 28, 2022
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Body composition in children is linked to various clinical factors, including blood pressure and liver function. These findings highlight body composition

Area of Science:

  • Pediatrics
  • Clinical Medicine
  • Body Composition Analysis

Background:

  • Body composition is increasingly recognized as a crucial factor in pediatric health.
  • Understanding its relationship with clinical parameters is vital for early risk identification.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate associations between body composition parameters and various clinical parameters in children and adolescents.
  • To explore how body composition relates to anthropometric measurements, blood pressure, and metabolic markers.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective study including 206 children and adolescents.
  • Body impedance measurement for body composition assessment.
  • Correlation analysis with clinical parameters including anthropometrics, laboratory tests, and ultrasound findings.

Main Results:

  • Significant associations found between body composition and anthropometrics, systolic blood pressure, insulin, creatinine, urate, liver function tests, lipids, homocysteine, vitamin D, and urinary proteins.
  • Body composition varied by gender, presence of hepatic steatosis, and left ventricular hypertrophy.
  • No correlation observed with diastolic blood pressure, pulse wave velocity, or intima media thickness.

Conclusions:

  • Clinical parameters are significantly associated with body composition in children.
  • Obesity and body composition are key in developing cardiovascular risk factors, not solely dependent on fat mass.
  • Body composition metrics may aid in cardiovascular risk determination.

Keywords:
body compositionchildrenclinical parametersfat mass

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