Waist-to-height ratio, inflammation and CVD risk in obese children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the association between waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and specific biomarkers of inflammation, CVD risk and endothelial dysfunction in prepubertal obese children.

Design

Prospective, multicentre case-control study matched by age and sex.

Setting

Children were recruited between May 2007 and May 2010 from primary-care centres and schools in three cities in Spain (Cordoba, Santiago de Compostela and Zaragoza).

Subjects

Four hundred and forty-six (223 normal weight and 223 obese) Caucasian prepubertal children aged 6-12 years.

Results

WHtR was higher in the obese than in the normal-weight children. Blood pressure, waist circumference, weight, height, insulin, plasma lipids, leptin, resistin, abnormal neutrophil and monocyte counts, C-rea

SUBMITTER: Olza J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10282624 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature