ASSESSMENT OF BODY COMPOSITION AND SERUM LIPID PROFILE IN SCHOOL CHILDREN

作者：Bilgili Naile^*; Kucukerdonmez Ozge; Koksal Eda; Ayaz Aylin

来源：Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2009, 25(3): 468-473.

• Body composition
• Anthropometry
• Lipid profile
• School children
• Risk of cardiovascular disease

Objective: To determine the relationship between body composition and blood lipid concentrations in school aged children
Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, 159 children between the ages of 6 to 11 years were included Anthropometric measurements and serum total lipids profile were assessed.
Results: Overweight was 6% for boys and 5% for girls. A positive correlations were observed between Total Cholestrol (TC), and BMI, waist circumference, waist to hip ratio, percentage of fat mass, arm fat area (AFA) and between triglyceride (TG), and AFA; white a negative correlation was determined between HDL-C, and fat mass, AFA for boys. No correlation was observed for these values obtained from girls.
Conclusion: This study has shown that in comparison to girls, the overweight and the correlation of body composition and lipid profiles were higher in boys with a tendency to develop the higher risk level of cardio vascular disease.

• 出版日期2009-6
• 单位中国人民解放军军事医学科学院