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- Title
Crecimiento acelerado en escolares obesos frente a escolares con peso saludable.
- Authors
Larrosa-Haro, Alfredo; González-Pérez, Guillermo Julián; Vásquez-Garibay, Edgar Manuel; Romero-Velarde, Enrique; Chávez-Palencia, Clío; Salazar-Preciado, Laura Leticia; Lizárraga-Corona, Elizabeth
- Abstract
Background: There are few articles that document the association between growth and obesity. The objective of this study was to compare height between obese schoolchildren and healthy weight schoolchildren. Methods: Cross-sectional study performed in 369 healthy weight schoolchildren and 162 obese schoolchildren of an elementary school; 49.4 % were females. Subjects were classified by body mass index percentiles in healthy weight (5-84), and obese (> 95), and grouped by gender and one-year class intervals. It was used Mann-Whitney U test for statistical analysis. Results: In all class intervals, height was higher in obese schoolgirls when we compared them with healthy weight schoolgirls; we did not identify an increasing or decreasing trend related to age. No height difference was observed in 6 and 7 years old obese/healthy weight schoolboys; however, from 8 to 11 years, height increased progressively in obese schoolchildren with a difference of 8.8 cm at the age of 10. Conclusion: The association of obesity with periods of accelerated growth suggests the existence of phenotypic variants related to metabolic and hormonal factors. Significant higher height values were identified in obese school-children when they were compared with their healthy weight peers.
- Subjects
SCHOOL children; RISK of childhood obesity; CROSS-sectional method; BODY mass index; STATISTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; JUVENILE diseases
- Publication
Revista Medica del IMSS, 2014, Vol 52, pS12
- ISSN
0443-5117
- Publication type
Article