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トランク脂肪と血圧は,思春期の子供達において
Qing He1, Mary Horlick, Barbara Fedun
1Obesity Research Center, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY 10025, USA.
Circulation
|March 6, 2002
まとめ
トランク脂肪は,男の子では高血圧につながっているが,女の子ではそうではない. この発見は,小児の心血管疾患のリスクにおける性別特異的要因を強調し,早期介入戦略を啓発します.
科学分野:
- 小児内分泌学 小児内分泌学
- 心血管の健康について
- 体組成分析は,身体の構成を分析するものです.
背景:
- 心血管疾患のリスクは,成人の脂肪分布と関連しています.
- 以前の研究では,小児の集団におけるアンドロイド脂肪と心血管疾患の危険因子との関連が指摘された.
- 現在の研究は,人種,性別,および思春期を考慮して,多様な小児サンプルで血圧 (BP) と体脂肪の分布を調査しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 大規模で横断的な小児科コホートにおける血圧と体脂肪の分布の関係を調べる.
- 人種,性別,および思春期の状態がBPと脂肪分布の関連にどのように影響するか評価する.
- 子供と青少年における血圧の潜在的な性特異的決定因子を特定する.
主な方法:
- 多種多様な人種 (アフリカ系アメリカン,アジア系,コカサス系) の920人の健康な子供と青少年 (5歳から18歳) を対象とした横断的な研究.
- 血圧を計測し,皮膚の厚さと二重エネルギーX線吸収計 (DXA) を用いて脂肪の分布を評価した.
- ターナー基準を用いて思春期の状態を決定し,回帰分析ではBPと脂肪分布の関連性を調べました.
主要な成果:
- すべての思春期および人種における男の子において,シストリックおよびダイアストリックBPとトランク脂肪 (総脂肪に調整された) の間で有意なポジティブな関連性が見つかりました.
- これらの関連性は,脂肪分布のDXAとスキンフォールドの両方の測定を用いて一貫していました.
- 対照的に,トランク脂肪は,女の子のBPの有意な予測要因ではなかった.
結論:
- BPとトランク脂肪の関係には,顕著な性別差が存在し,男の子のみで有意な関連が観察されています.
- これらの発見は,脂肪分布の2つの独立した測定値によって支持され,早期の介入のためのリスクのある個人を特定するのに役立ちます.
- この研究は,小児の集団における血圧調節を理解する上で,性別特有の決定因子の重要性を示唆している.
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