학술논문
CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK AMONG MONTENEGRIN URBAN CHILDREN IN RELATION TO OBESITY AND GENDER
Original Scientific Paper
Original Scientific Paper
Document Type
Report
Source
Acta Clinica Croatica. March 2021, Vol. 60 Issue 1, p3, 7 p.
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0353-9466
Abstract
Introduction Obesity is a global public health problem (1) with an ever-increasing prevalence both among children and adults over the past decade (2).This is also a public health concern in [...]
Considering previously reported discrepant results in the literature, we aimed to investigate the impact of gender and overweight/obesity on cardiometabolic risk (CMR) among Montenegrin urban children. The cross-sectional study included random sample of 201 schoolchildren aged 7-12 years (64% of boys) from Podgorica. Children's nutritional status was determined according to the International Obesity Task Force criteria. CMR was assessed using a sum of z values of the following five indicators: glucose, total cholesterol, inverted value of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, and hypertension. Higher CMR was found among both overweight and obese boys compared to normal weight boys (p Key words: Cardiometabolic risk; Childhood obesity; Hypertension; Metabolic syndrome
Considering previously reported discrepant results in the literature, we aimed to investigate the impact of gender and overweight/obesity on cardiometabolic risk (CMR) among Montenegrin urban children. The cross-sectional study included random sample of 201 schoolchildren aged 7-12 years (64% of boys) from Podgorica. Children's nutritional status was determined according to the International Obesity Task Force criteria. CMR was assessed using a sum of z values of the following five indicators: glucose, total cholesterol, inverted value of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, and hypertension. Higher CMR was found among both overweight and obese boys compared to normal weight boys (p Key words: Cardiometabolic risk; Childhood obesity; Hypertension; Metabolic syndrome