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2490: Childhood obesity: A profile of measures of executive functions, emotional processing, and inflammation

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Childhood obesity has become an issue of some concern worldwide. Some reviews and a recent study in adults have indicated that obesity-related inflammatory responses produce brain damage. However, studies exploring associations between inflammation and executive functions i...

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Autores principales: Rodriguez-Rabassa, Mary S., Joshipura Jinraj, Kaumudi, Campos Rivera, Maribel, Michopoulos, Vasiliki, Yamamura, Yasuhiro
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6798684/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2017.113
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author Rodriguez-Rabassa, Mary S.
Joshipura Jinraj, Kaumudi
Campos Rivera, Maribel
Michopoulos, Vasiliki
Yamamura, Yasuhiro
author_facet Rodriguez-Rabassa, Mary S.
Joshipura Jinraj, Kaumudi
Campos Rivera, Maribel
Michopoulos, Vasiliki
Yamamura, Yasuhiro
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description OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Childhood obesity has become an issue of some concern worldwide. Some reviews and a recent study in adults have indicated that obesity-related inflammatory responses produce brain damage. However, studies exploring associations between inflammation and executive functions in children are overlooked. Therefore, the objective of this cross-sectional study is to determine whether difficulties in executive functions and emotional processing are associated with obesity and inflammation. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: We have recruited 12 of a total of 60 children aged 6–8 years old. They have completed the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery and the NEPSY II Affect Recognition tests. Samples of plasma and saliva were collected to quantify inflammatory biomarkers cytokines (IL-6 and TNF-α) assay by Luminex procedure. We performed descriptive analysis and Mann-Whitney U test to compare obese Versus nonobese groups. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Obese children have lower scores in measures of affect recognition than healthy weight children. They also showed higher median scores in both salivary and plasma IL-6 and TNF-α. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Although no statistical differences were found among groups in either measurement, these preliminary data based on the initial recruitment suggest that children with higher body mass index may have difficulties in emotional processing. More data will be available after completing recruitment to determine if the association between obesity and affect recognition is significant and if it is mediated by inflammation.
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spelling pubmed-67986842019-10-28 2490: Childhood obesity: A profile of measures of executive functions, emotional processing, and inflammation Rodriguez-Rabassa, Mary S. Joshipura Jinraj, Kaumudi Campos Rivera, Maribel Michopoulos, Vasiliki Yamamura, Yasuhiro J Clin Transl Sci Clinical Epidemiology OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Childhood obesity has become an issue of some concern worldwide. Some reviews and a recent study in adults have indicated that obesity-related inflammatory responses produce brain damage. However, studies exploring associations between inflammation and executive functions in children are overlooked. Therefore, the objective of this cross-sectional study is to determine whether difficulties in executive functions and emotional processing are associated with obesity and inflammation. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: We have recruited 12 of a total of 60 children aged 6–8 years old. They have completed the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery and the NEPSY II Affect Recognition tests. Samples of plasma and saliva were collected to quantify inflammatory biomarkers cytokines (IL-6 and TNF-α) assay by Luminex procedure. We performed descriptive analysis and Mann-Whitney U test to compare obese Versus nonobese groups. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Obese children have lower scores in measures of affect recognition than healthy weight children. They also showed higher median scores in both salivary and plasma IL-6 and TNF-α. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Although no statistical differences were found among groups in either measurement, these preliminary data based on the initial recruitment suggest that children with higher body mass index may have difficulties in emotional processing. More data will be available after completing recruitment to determine if the association between obesity and affect recognition is significant and if it is mediated by inflammation. Cambridge University Press 2018-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6798684/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2017.113 Text en © The Association for Clinical and Translational Science 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Clinical Epidemiology
Rodriguez-Rabassa, Mary S.
Joshipura Jinraj, Kaumudi
Campos Rivera, Maribel
Michopoulos, Vasiliki
Yamamura, Yasuhiro
2490: Childhood obesity: A profile of measures of executive functions, emotional processing, and inflammation
title 2490: Childhood obesity: A profile of measures of executive functions, emotional processing, and inflammation
title_full 2490: Childhood obesity: A profile of measures of executive functions, emotional processing, and inflammation
title_fullStr 2490: Childhood obesity: A profile of measures of executive functions, emotional processing, and inflammation
title_full_unstemmed 2490: Childhood obesity: A profile of measures of executive functions, emotional processing, and inflammation
title_short 2490: Childhood obesity: A profile of measures of executive functions, emotional processing, and inflammation
title_sort 2490: childhood obesity: a profile of measures of executive functions, emotional processing, and inflammation
topic Clinical Epidemiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6798684/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2017.113
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