Total and Regional Fat and Serum Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Lean and Obese Children and Adolescents

• DOI: 10.1038/oby.2001.57
• Publication Date: 2008-04-15T13:31:39Z
• Authors: Pedro J. Teixeira; Luis B. Sardinha; Scott B. Going; Timothy G. Lohman
• Keywords: Body Fat Percentage; High-density lipoprotein

Abstract Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the association of total and central adiposity with serum cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in lean obese Portuguese children adolescents. Research Methods Procedures: A 87 girls (13.2 ± 1.6 years old, 29.9 6.4% body fat [mean SD]) 72 boys 20.8 9.9% fat) volunteered for study. Whole‐body composition distribution, from DXA anthropometry, lipids, lipoproteins, apolipoproteins were evaluated. Results: The sum three trunk skinfolds (STS) highly correlated mass measured by ( p < 0.001). Body index, DXA‐measured percentage fat, mass, STS, waist‐to‐height ratio generally found be associated triacylglycerol, cholesterol (TC) high density lipoprotein‐cholesterol (HDL‐C), low (LDL‐C), apolipoprotein B levels, (significant age‐adjusted r between 0.16 0.27, 0.05). waist circumference also HDL‐C 0.05), whereas no variable significantly TC or A‐I. STS 0.01), TC/HDL‐C A‐I 0.05) independently whole‐body fatness. Obese subjects n = 73) had higher TC, LDL‐C, TC/HDL‐C, than did non‐obese 86), significant associations some lipid variables (triacylglycerol HDL‐C) adolescents that not present leaner individuals. Discussion: DXA‐ anthropometry‐based measures are CVD girls. have a poorer profile do their counterparts. Trunk skinfolds, which easy obtain even large samples, predict same extent as DXA‐based variables, cases,