Sex differences in metabolically healthy and metabolically unhealthy obesity among Chinese children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To analyze sex differences in the prevalence of obesity phenotypes and their risk factors among children and adolescents aged 7-18 years in China.

Methods

We enrolled 15,114 children and adolescents aged 7-18 years into the final analysis. Obesity phenotypes were classified by body mass index (BMI) and metabolic status as metabolically healthy or unhealthy obesity. In addition, we collected four possible influencing factors on obesity phenotypes through questionnaires, including demographic, parental, early life, and lifestyle indicators. Multinomial logistic regression analysis in a generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) was selected to estimate the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) for identifying risk factors and control the cluster effects of

SUBMITTER: Cai S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9613922 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature