Abstract

GOTTHELF, Susana J  and  JUBANY, Lilian L. Anthropometry and serum lipids in obese children and adolescents of Salta City: 2006. Arch. argent. pediatr. [online]. 2007, vol.105, n.5, pp.411-417. ISSN 0325-0075.

Introduction. The alteration of serum lipids concentrations constitutes a risk factor of cardiovascular illness and diabetes type II. Adverse patterns of blood lipids begin in childhood and could vary according to the corporal composition. Objective. To study the relationships among anthropometrics measures and serum lipids concentrations in a group of a children and adolescents with overweight. Population, materials and methods. Cross-sectional, retrospective, descriptive and analytic study. 255 children and adolescents with overweight and obesity concurrent to the outpatient clinic (1996-2006) were evaluated. The indexes of corporal mass, weight to height, and waist to height were calculated. For the analysis, the sample was divided according to sex, age and critical cut-points of the anthropometrics and lipidics variables. Results. 112 males and 143 women were evaluated (116 < 10 years and 139 ≥10 years). In the women with obesity by BMI, W/H ≥ 70 and waist to height ≥ 0.55, the mean levels of triglycerides were significantly higher (p= 0.02; p= 0.008 and p= 0.03 respectively). We met significant differences with the same anthropometrics measures and the concentrations of triglycerides in the group ≥10 years (p = 0.0008; p= 0.02 and p= 0.003, respectively). Also, the association among obesity by BMI, circumference waist ≥ Pc.90 and waist to height ≥ 0.55 was significant with the levels of triglycerides ≥ 110 in the sample in general (p= 0.005; p = 0.05; p=0.05 respectively). Conclusion. The BMI, the waist circumference and the index of waist to height, showed association with the altered levels of triglycerides. These measures would allow to predict the potential risk of metabolic disorders in obese children and adolescents.

Keywords : Overweight; Obesity; Anthropometrics measures; Serum lipids.

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