Association of Body Fat Distribution and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents
- 2 February 1999
- journal article
- other
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Circulation
- Vol. 99 (4), 541-545
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.99.4.541
Abstract
Background —Obesity is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease in adults and less favorable cardiovascular risk factor status in children and adolescents. In adults, fat distribution has been shown to be related to lipid and lipoprotein concentrations, blood pressure levels, and left ventricular mass. These relationships have not been extensively studied in young subjects. Methods and Results —This was a cross-sectional study of 127 children and adolescents 9 to 17 years of age. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry was used to measure total and regional fat mass. The dependent variables were fasting lipid and lipoprotein concentrations, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, and left ventricular mass. There were significant ( P r =0.27), log HDL cholesterol ( r =−0.23), systolic blood pressure ( r =0.26), and left ventricular mass ( r =0.37). Multiple regression analysis showed that the significant independent correlates for triglycerides and HDL cholesterol were age and fat distribution; for systolic blood pressure, height and fat distribution; and for left ventricular mass, height, race, sex, and fat distribution. Conclusions —These results demonstrate that fat distribution is a more important independent correlate of cardiovascular risk factors than percent body fat in children and adolescents. Greater deposition of central fat (an android fat pattern) is associated with less favorable plasma lipid and lipoprotein concentrations, blood pressure, and left ventricular mass.Keywords
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