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Relationships between adiposity and fasting blood lipids, glucose, and insulin in 4 th ‐grade children participating in the Shaping Healthy Choices Program
Author(s) -
Nguyen Lori,
Scherr R,
Linnell J,
Keen C,
Miyamoto S,
Steinberg F,
Young H,
ZidenbergCherr S
Publication year - 2015
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.29.1_supplement.731.11
The objective of this study was to establish the blood pressure (BP), fasting blood lipids, glucose, and insulin status of 4 th ‐grade children participating in the Shaping Healthy Choices Program and to study their relationship to diet and anthropometrics (n=54). Height, weight, and waist circumference (WC) were measured. Dietary intake was assessed using the 2004 Block Food Frequency Questionnaire Ages 8‐17. Fasting blood samples were collected and BP was measured at a school‐site Health Fair and Health Screening event. Blood was analyzed for LDL, HDL, total cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose, and insulin. Average values for normal weight children were 81 + 19mg/dL LDL, 55 + 11mg/dL HDL, 148 + 21mg/dL total cholesterol, 60 + 33mg/dL triglyceride, 85.8 + 21.6mU/mL glucose, 12.0 + 5.6mU/mL insulin, 99.5 + 10.1 mmHg diastolic, and 66.5 + 8.7mmHg systolic BP (n=29). These values fell into a healthy range. While the average values for overweight and obese children (n=19) were within healthy range, BMI percentile was correlated with fasting insulin (r=0.44, P=0.002) and Chol:HDL ratio (r=0.31,P=0.03), and WC was correlated with fasting insulin (r=0.34, P=0.02) (n=48). These data suggest that adiposity may be a predictor of these measures during childhood. Supported by UCANR Competitive Grant #11‐1018 and USDA 2011‐38420‐20082.