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Association of Visceral Fat and Risk Factors for Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents

PURPOSE: Visceral fat (VF) is closely associated with many metabolic risk factors and is also known to be a strong predictive factor for severe metabolic complications in adults. But there are only a few studies concerning the association of VF and risk factors for metabolic syndrome (MS) in childre...

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Autores principales: Kwon, Jeong-Hyeon, Jang, Han-Yun, Oh, Min-Jin, Rho, Jun-Seung, Jung, Ju-Hye, Yum, Keun-Sang, Han, Ji-Whan
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Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21155033
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2011.52.1.39
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author Kwon, Jeong-Hyeon
Jang, Han-Yun
Oh, Min-Jin
Rho, Jun-Seung
Jung, Ju-Hye
Yum, Keun-Sang
Han, Ji-Whan
author_facet Kwon, Jeong-Hyeon
Jang, Han-Yun
Oh, Min-Jin
Rho, Jun-Seung
Jung, Ju-Hye
Yum, Keun-Sang
Han, Ji-Whan
author_sort Kwon, Jeong-Hyeon
collection PubMed
description PURPOSE: Visceral fat (VF) is closely associated with many metabolic risk factors and is also known to be a strong predictive factor for severe metabolic complications in adults. But there are only a few studies concerning the association of VF and risk factors for metabolic syndrome (MS) in children and adolescents. In our study, we emphasized the association of VF [measured by VF computed tomography (VFCT)] and risk factors for metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The subjects were outpatients aged 6 to 18 years who underwent VFCT in the family medicine of The Catholic University of Korea from January 2005 to August 2009. There were 82 patients in total (42 children, 40 adolescents). Height, weight, blood pressure (BP), blood tests, body composition analysis and VF were measured. The three groups were also classified by metabolic score. RESULTS: In children, only high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) showed a statistically significant difference, while in adolescents, triglyceride, HDL-C, BP, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and VFA showed statistically significant differences. In terms of VFA, fasting glucose, BP, BMI, basal metabolic rate (BMR) and WC showed statistically significant differences. BMI showed a statistically significant difference in terms of BP, BMR, WC, VFA and HDL-C. CONCLUSION: There is a need to acknowledge the statistically significant associations of VF and risk factors for MS in children and adolescents. Screening tests for BP, cholesterol, fasting glucose and WC should be given in clinics for children and adolescents so that MS can be detected and its risk factors treated early.
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spelling pubmed-30177062011-01-10 Association of Visceral Fat and Risk Factors for Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents Kwon, Jeong-Hyeon Jang, Han-Yun Oh, Min-Jin Rho, Jun-Seung Jung, Ju-Hye Yum, Keun-Sang Han, Ji-Whan Yonsei Med J Original Article PURPOSE: Visceral fat (VF) is closely associated with many metabolic risk factors and is also known to be a strong predictive factor for severe metabolic complications in adults. But there are only a few studies concerning the association of VF and risk factors for metabolic syndrome (MS) in children and adolescents. In our study, we emphasized the association of VF [measured by VF computed tomography (VFCT)] and risk factors for metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The subjects were outpatients aged 6 to 18 years who underwent VFCT in the family medicine of The Catholic University of Korea from January 2005 to August 2009. There were 82 patients in total (42 children, 40 adolescents). Height, weight, blood pressure (BP), blood tests, body composition analysis and VF were measured. The three groups were also classified by metabolic score. RESULTS: In children, only high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) showed a statistically significant difference, while in adolescents, triglyceride, HDL-C, BP, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and VFA showed statistically significant differences. In terms of VFA, fasting glucose, BP, BMI, basal metabolic rate (BMR) and WC showed statistically significant differences. BMI showed a statistically significant difference in terms of BP, BMR, WC, VFA and HDL-C. CONCLUSION: There is a need to acknowledge the statistically significant associations of VF and risk factors for MS in children and adolescents. Screening tests for BP, cholesterol, fasting glucose and WC should be given in clinics for children and adolescents so that MS can be detected and its risk factors treated early. Yonsei University College of Medicine 2011-01-01 2010-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3017706/ /pubmed/21155033 http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2011.52.1.39 Text en © Copyright: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2011 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Jang, Han-Yun
Oh, Min-Jin
Rho, Jun-Seung
Jung, Ju-Hye
Yum, Keun-Sang
Han, Ji-Whan
Association of Visceral Fat and Risk Factors for Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents
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title_full Association of Visceral Fat and Risk Factors for Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents
title_fullStr Association of Visceral Fat and Risk Factors for Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Association of Visceral Fat and Risk Factors for Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents
title_short Association of Visceral Fat and Risk Factors for Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents
title_sort association of visceral fat and risk factors for metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21155033
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2011.52.1.39
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