Clinical characteristics of obese boys and girls in a high school: focused on abdominal fat indices, fatty liver and carotid intima-media thickness.
10.3345/kjp.2011.54.7.292
- Author:
Jung Eun OH
1
;
Jiyoung JUNG
;
Hae Soon KIM
;
Young Mi HONG
;
Jung Hyun YOO
;
Young Whan SONG
;
Jo Won JUNG
;
Nam Su KIM
;
Chung Il NOH
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hyesk@ewha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Adolescent;
Obesity;
Abdominal fat;
Fatty liver;
Carotid artery disease
- MeSH:
Abdominal Fat;
Adipose Tissue;
Adolescent;
Adult;
Alanine Transaminase;
Aspartate Aminotransferases;
C-Reactive Protein;
Carotid Artery Diseases;
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness;
Cholesterol;
Fasting;
Fatty Liver;
Glucose;
Humans;
Insulin;
Lipoproteins;
Obesity;
Sex Characteristics;
Waist Circumference
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatrics
2011;54(7):292-297
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: Our study aimed to evaluated sex differences in clinical features of obese high school students. METHODS: One hundred three obese high school students (body mass index [BMI]> or =85th percentile) and 51 control students (BMI<85th percentile) were enrolled in this study. Anthropometric measurements were performed. Fasting serum glucose, insulin, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, total cholesterol, triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and high-sensitive C-reactive protein were measured. Abdominal fat thickness, degree of fatty liver, and carotid intima-media thickness were measured by ultrasound. RESULTS: In control and obese groups, waist circumference was significantly longer in boys but body fat mass was significantly higher in girls. In the control group, total cholesterol and LDL-C were higher in girls. In the obese group, however, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase and triglyceride were higher and HDL-C was lower in boys. Preperitoneal fat thickness was significantly higher in obese girls. In obese group, the degree of fatty liver was significantly higher in boys. Carotid intima-media thickness was not significantly different between boys and girls. CONCLUSION: Obese adolescents had distinguishable sex differences in body measurements, metabolic abnormalities, abdominal fat thickness and fatty liver. We can infer that these characteristics may extend into adult obesity.
