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Factores de riesgo de dislipidemia en niños y adolescentes con obesidad

2007; Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública; Volume: 49; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0036-36342007000200005

1606-7916

Enrique Romero‐Velarde, Octavio Campollo‐Rivas, Alfredo Célis de la Rosa, Edgar M. Vásquez‐Garibay, Juan Francisco Castro-Hernández, Rosa Margarita Cruz‐Osorio,

Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

To assess the risk of dislypidemia associated with obesity in children and adolescents.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.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.Obesity in children and adolescents is associated with high risk of dislypidemia; the risk is higher among females.