Open AccessInter‐ and Intra‐Ethnic Group Comparison of Metabolic Syndrome Components Among Morbidly Obese Adolescents
Author(s) -
Messiah Sarah E.,
CarrilloIregui Adriana,
GaribayNieto Guadalupe,
LopezMitnik Gabriela,
Cossio Sissi,
Arheart Kristopher L.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the journal of clinical hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1751-7176
pISSN - 1524-6175
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00337.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , national health and nutrition examination survey , percentile , body mass index , demography , latin americans , morbidly obese , obesity , metabolic syndrome , population , blood pressure , gerontology , environmental health , weight loss , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , mathematics , sociology , anthropology
J Clin Hypertens(Greenwich). 2010;12:645–652. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This study explored inter‐ (between) and intra‐ (within) ethnic group differences in metabolic syndrome components among a clinical sample of morbidly obese (body mass index [BMI] ≥ 97th percentile for age and sex) 12‐ to 18‐year‐olds originating from Latin America and the Caribbean Basin and a matched (age/ethnicity/sex/BMI percentile) national sample (N=208, both samples) of Mexican American and non‐Hispanic blacks from the 1999 to 2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Mexican American and non‐Hispanic black boys from the NHANES/national sample had significantly higher mean fasting glucose levels compared with Latin and Caribbean blacks (98.50 vs 85.42 mg/dL, 97.34 vs 86.44 mg/dL, respectively, (P <.001 for both comparisons). Conversely, both diastolic/systolic blood pressure was consistently higher among Latin/Caribbean adolescents vs Mexican American and non‐Hispanic blacks for all age/sex/ethnic groups. These results indicate that morbidly obese adolescents from both major ethnic groups and subgroups within these groups show health‐related comorbidities in both clinic‐ and population‐based settings.