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Risk factors for cardiovascular diseases present in schoolchildren from Sinaloa, Mexico
Author(s) -
AriasGastélum Mayra,
CastroAcosta Monica,
CastroUrquizo Grizel,
MagañaGomez Javier,
MartínAlarcón León,
SánchezMedina Edgar,
VergaraJimenez Marcela
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.24.1_supplement.731.5
Subject(s) - hypertriglyceridemia , medicine , overweight , metabolic syndrome , obesity , body mass index , anthropometry , lipid profile , cholesterol , endocrinology , physiology , triglyceride
Obesity have increased significantly in the last decades imparing biochemical parameters and increasing the risk of cardiovascular diseases in adults and children. However, anthropometrics and biochemical parameters analyses are necessary to know alterations in early ages. The objective of this study was to determine overweight (OW) and obesity (OB) and their relationship with metabolic alterations in biochemical parameters such as the lipid profile. A random sample of 314 schoolchildren aged 6–12 y old from the urban area of Sinaloa was studied. OW and OB were determined using body mass index (BMI) based on the standards from CDC. Serum biochemical parameters like fasting glucose, triacylglycerides, total‐cholesterol and HDL‐cholesterol were determined using an enzymatic colorimetric method. The results showed 29.6% and 19.4% of schoolchildren with OW and OB respectively. Hypercholesterolemia was observed in 13.4% of children and hyperglycemia in11.4%, with no difference according to BMI. Hypertriglyceridemia was observed in 18.3%, 29.03%, y 13.3% in OW, OB and normal BMI respectively (p<0.05). Metabolic syndrome was present in 3.18% of the schoolchildren, all of them were OW or OB. This study evidence the differences concerning to the higher BMI, the presence of alterations in serum lipids and the higher risk to develop chronic diseases since childhood. Research supported by CONACyT (Proj. No. 69739).