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Prevalence and characteristics of lipid metabolism disorders in children from Krasnodar region of Russia

Author(s) -

С. А. Шадрин,

A V Statova

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

obesity and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154

H-Index - 5

eISSN - 2306-5524

pISSN - 2071-8713

DOI - 10.14341/omet2014138-41

Subject(s) - obesity , medicine , hyperinsulinemia , metabolic syndrome , endocrinology , lipid metabolism , hormone , thyroid , lipid profile , lipid metabolism disorder , eating disorders , metabolic disorder , physiology , pediatrics , insulin resistance , cholesterol , blood lipids , psychiatry

The goal of our study was to assess the prevalence and characteristics of lipid metabolism disorders in children Krasnodar region of Russia. Overall 6,000 children 10-17 years were included in the study. Lipid disorders were observed in 11.3 %, excess body weight in 6.3%, and obesity in 5.0% of children. The above pathologies were more common in boys (14%) than girls (8.8%). The study revealed that hormonal disorders were the cause of every second obesity as an increased thyroid-stimulating hormone was observed in 9.5 %, increased prolactin - in 38.8 %, and hyperinsulinemia - in 22.0 % of children. Metabolic disorders that were observed were: hypercholesterolemia - in 24.0 % of children with obesity, impaired glucose tolerance - in 13.0%, and the presence of three or four components of the metabolic syndrome in various combinations, identified in 18.0 % of children with obesity.

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