Prevalence of components of the metabolic syndrome according to birthweight among overweight and obese children and adolescents
| Autor: | Rossana Román, Hernan Garcia, Francisca C. Eyzaguirre, Verónica Mericq, Cinthyia Urquidi, Ricardo Silva, Ronald Youlton, Rodrigo Bancalari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Birth weight Overweight Endocrinology Diabetes mellitus Glucose Intolerance medicine Prevalence Birth Weight Humans Obesity Child Metabolic Syndrome medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Gestational age medicine.disease Impaired fasting glucose Lipids Cross-Sectional Studies Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Hypertension Small for gestational age Carbohydrate Metabolism Female Metabolic syndrome medicine.symptom Lipid profile business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of pediatric endocrinologymetabolism : JPEM. 25(1-2) |
| ISSN: | 0334-018X |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Extremes of birthweight (BW) have been associated with increased rates of metabolic risks. The objective was to study the prevalence of metabolic risks markers among obese and overweight (OW) subjects according to BW. SUBJECTS/METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed in a cohort of 1002 patients (2-18 years, 40.6% male) evaluated for OW or obese subjects in two private clinics. Anthropometrics, fasting lipids, glycemia, and insulin were obtained. RESULTS Of the subjects, 76.1% were born appropriate for gestational age (AGA), 10.9% small for gestational age (SGA), and 13% large for gestational age (LGA). Children born LGA presented a more severe degree of obesity compared with those born AGA and SGA (p |
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