Serum lipid levels and dyslipidaemia prevalence among 2-10 year-old Northern Mexican children.

Autor: Maria del Mar Bibiloni, Rogelio Salas, Hilda I Novelo, Jesús Z Villarreal, Antoni Sureda, Josep A Tur
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 3, p e0119877 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1932-6203
39122182
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119877
Popis: The increase in overweight and obese children may be linked to increased rates of dyslipidaemia. The aim was to assess the prevalence of dyslipidaemia and associated risk factors among the Northern Mexican child population.Four hundred and fifty-one subjects aged between 2 and 10 (47.5% girls) took part in the Nuevo León State Survey of Nutrition and Health 2011-2012. According to the 2011 Expert Panel on Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents, serum lipid levels (mg/dL) were categorized into three subgroups (acceptable, borderline-high/low or high/low) as follows: TChol: acceptable 45, borderline-low 40-45, low
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