Abdominal fat and metabolic risk in obese children and adolescents. 2009

J Revenga-Frauca, and E M González-Gil, and G Bueno-Lozano, and P De Miguel-Etayo, and P Velasco-Martínez, and J P Rey-López, and O Bueno-Lozano, and L A Moreno
Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) Research group, University of Zaragoza, Spain.

The aim of this study was to investigate fat distribution, mainly abdominal fat, and its relationship with metabolic risk variables in a group of 126 children and adolescents (60 males and 66 females) aged 5.0 to 14.9. According to IOTF criteria, 46 were classified as normal weight, 28 overweight and 52 obese. Weight, height, waist (WC) and hip circumferences were measured. The body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Total body fat, trunkal and abdominal fat were also assessed by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Glucose, insulin, HDL-Cholesterol, triglycerides (TG), ferritine, homocystein and C-reactive protein (CRP) were measured. Obesity status was related with insulin concentrations, CRP, TG and HDL. Obese patients had higher abdominal fat and higher CRP values than overweight and normal subjects. All markers of central body adiposity were related with insulin and lipid metabolism; however, they were not related with homocystein or ferritin. A simple anthropometric measurement, like waist circumference, seems to be a good predictor of the majority of the obesity related metabolic risk variables.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007328 Insulin A 51-amino acid pancreatic hormone that plays a major role in the regulation of glucose metabolism, directly by suppressing endogenous glucose production (GLYCOGENOLYSIS; GLUCONEOGENESIS) and indirectly by suppressing GLUCAGON secretion and LIPOLYSIS. Native insulin is a globular protein comprised of a zinc-coordinated hexamer. Each insulin monomer containing two chains, A (21 residues) and B (30 residues), linked by two disulfide bonds. Insulin is used as a drug to control insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1). Iletin,Insulin A Chain,Insulin B Chain,Insulin, Regular,Novolin,Sodium Insulin,Soluble Insulin,Chain, Insulin B,Insulin, Sodium,Insulin, Soluble,Regular Insulin
D008297 Male Males
D009765 Obesity A status with BODY WEIGHT that is grossly above the recommended standards, usually due to accumulation of excess FATS in the body. The standards may vary with age, sex, genetic or cultural background. In the BODY MASS INDEX, a BMI greater than 30.0 kg/m2 is considered obese, and a BMI greater than 40.0 kg/m2 is considered morbidly obese (MORBID OBESITY).
D012044 Regression Analysis Procedures for finding the mathematical function which best describes the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables. In linear regression (see LINEAR MODELS) the relationship is constrained to be a straight line and LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS is used to determine the best fit. In logistic regression (see LOGISTIC MODELS) the dependent variable is qualitative rather than continuously variable and LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS are used to find the best relationship. In multiple regression, the dependent variable is considered to depend on more than a single independent variable. Regression Diagnostics,Statistical Regression,Analysis, Regression,Analyses, Regression,Diagnostics, Regression,Regression Analyses,Regression, Statistical,Regressions, Statistical,Statistical Regressions
D001823 Body Composition The relative amounts of various components in the body, such as percentage of body fat. Body Compositions,Composition, Body,Compositions, Body
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths

Related Publications

J Revenga-Frauca, and E M González-Gil, and G Bueno-Lozano, and P De Miguel-Etayo, and P Velasco-Martínez, and J P Rey-López, and O Bueno-Lozano, and L A Moreno
January 1999, American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council,
J Revenga-Frauca, and E M González-Gil, and G Bueno-Lozano, and P De Miguel-Etayo, and P Velasco-Martínez, and J P Rey-López, and O Bueno-Lozano, and L A Moreno
January 2009, Hormone research,
J Revenga-Frauca, and E M González-Gil, and G Bueno-Lozano, and P De Miguel-Etayo, and P Velasco-Martínez, and J P Rey-López, and O Bueno-Lozano, and L A Moreno
October 1995, Acta paediatrica Japonica : Overseas edition,
J Revenga-Frauca, and E M González-Gil, and G Bueno-Lozano, and P De Miguel-Etayo, and P Velasco-Martínez, and J P Rey-López, and O Bueno-Lozano, and L A Moreno
August 2019, Acta diabetologica,
J Revenga-Frauca, and E M González-Gil, and G Bueno-Lozano, and P De Miguel-Etayo, and P Velasco-Martínez, and J P Rey-López, and O Bueno-Lozano, and L A Moreno
October 2015, Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire,
J Revenga-Frauca, and E M González-Gil, and G Bueno-Lozano, and P De Miguel-Etayo, and P Velasco-Martínez, and J P Rey-López, and O Bueno-Lozano, and L A Moreno
June 2006, Journal of physiology and biochemistry,
J Revenga-Frauca, and E M González-Gil, and G Bueno-Lozano, and P De Miguel-Etayo, and P Velasco-Martínez, and J P Rey-López, and O Bueno-Lozano, and L A Moreno
April 2008, Diabetes & metabolism,
J Revenga-Frauca, and E M González-Gil, and G Bueno-Lozano, and P De Miguel-Etayo, and P Velasco-Martínez, and J P Rey-López, and O Bueno-Lozano, and L A Moreno
January 2012, Revista medico-chirurgicala a Societatii de Medici si Naturalisti din Iasi,
J Revenga-Frauca, and E M González-Gil, and G Bueno-Lozano, and P De Miguel-Etayo, and P Velasco-Martínez, and J P Rey-López, and O Bueno-Lozano, and L A Moreno
July 2015, Clinical endocrinology,
J Revenga-Frauca, and E M González-Gil, and G Bueno-Lozano, and P De Miguel-Etayo, and P Velasco-Martínez, and J P Rey-López, and O Bueno-Lozano, and L A Moreno
June 1976, Voprosy okhrany materinstva i detstva,
Copied contents to your clipboard!