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- Title
Factores de riesgo de dislipidemia en niños y adolescentes con obesidad.
- Authors
Romero-Velarde, Enrique; Campollo-Rivas, Octavio; De la Rosa, Alfredo Celis; Vásquez-Garibay, Edgar M.; Castro-Hernández, Juan Francisco; Cruz-Osorio, Rosa M.
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
LIPID metabolism disorders; CHILDHOOD obesity; ADOLESCENT obesity; CHOLESTEROL; TRIGLYCERIDES; CHRONIC diseases; MULTIVARIATE analysis
- Publication
Salud Pública de México, 2007, Vol 49, Issue 2, p103
- ISSN
0036-3634
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0036-36342007000200005