Moderately elevated body mass index is associated with metabolic variables and cardiovascular risk factors in Swedish children [Elektronisk resurs]
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Larsson, Christel 1972- (författare)
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Hernell, Olle 1945- (författare)
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Lind, Torbjörn 1966- (författare)
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Umeå universitet Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten (utgivare)
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- Umeå universitet Medicinska fakulteten (utgivare)
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Alternativt namn: Umeå universitet. Medicinsk-odontologiska fakulteten
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Alternativt namn: Medicinska fakulteten vid Umeå universitet
- West Sussex Wiley-Blackwell 2011
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Acta Paediatrica. - 0803-5253. ; 100:1, 102-108
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- Aim: To evaluate associations between anthropometrics and metabolic variables as well as cardiovascular risk factors among children. Methods: Subjects were recruited from a cohort of 274 healthy children in Umeå, Sweden. Anthropometric measures, blood pressure and venous blood samples were collected at age 10 years and simultaneously from parents. Results: Altogether 144 children (53%), 142 mothers and 123 fathers participated. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among the children was 18 and 2%, respectively. Overweight children (above age- and sex-specific cut offs corresponding adult BMI ≥ 25 kg/m 2 ), compared to normal weight children, had significantly higher BMI already during infancy and higher S-insulin and Homeostatic Model Assessment (HOMA) index at 10 years. The children’s BMI was positively associated with waist (boys’ r = 0.67, girls’ r = 0.81), hip (r = 0.68), waist/hip ratio (girls’ r = 0.37), waist/height ratio (boys’ r = 0.59, girls’ r = 0.80), sagittal abdominal diameter (r = 0.75), S-insulin (r = 0.45), HOMA index (r = 0.49), systolic blood pressure (r = 0.24), mothers’ BMI (girls’ r = 0.42) and mothers’ waist (girls’ r = 0.42). Conclusion: Children at 10 years of age with moderately elevated BMI had higher levels of some metabolic variables and cardiovascular risk factors than did normal weight children, and there was a correlation between BMI and some metabolic variables as well as cardiovascular risk factors.
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- Medical and Health Sciences (hsv)
- Clinical Medicine (hsv)
- Pediatrics (hsv)
- Medicin och hälsovetenskap (hsv)
- Klinisk medicin (hsv)
- Pediatrik (hsv)
- MEDICINE (svep)
- Dermatology and venerology,clinical genetics, internal medicine (svep)
- Internal medicine (svep)
- Paediatric medicine (svep)
- MEDICIN (svep)
- Dermatologi och venerologi, klinisk genetik, invärtesmedicin (svep)
- Invärtesmedicin (svep)
- Pediatrisk medicin (svep)
- Pediatrics (umu)
- pediatrik (umu)
Indexterm och SAB-rubrik
- BMI
- Children
- Metabolic syndrome
- Obesity
- Overweight
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