Waist-to-height ratio associated cardiometabolic risk phenotype in children with overweight/obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood overweight/obesity has been associated with an elevated risk of insulin resistance and cardiometabolic disorders. Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) may be a simple screening tool to quickly identify children at elevated risk for cardiometabolic disorders. The primary objective of the present study was to create sex-specific tertile cut points of WHtR and assess its association with Insulin resistance and elevated liver enzyme concentrations in children, factors using cross-sectional data from the randomized, controlled Family Weight Management Study.

Methods

Baseline data from 360 children (7-12 years, mean Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 85^th percentile for age and sex) were used to calculate WHtR tertiles by sex, male: ≤ 0.55 (T1), > 0.55- ≤ 0.59 (T2), >

SUBMITTER: Ukegbu TE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10426079 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature