Characteristics of obesity in teenage with a family history of type 2 diabetes

VernacularTitle:有糖尿病家族史13～15岁青少年肥胖特点分析
Author: Bowei LIU ; Fuzai YIN ; Chunming MA ; Donghui LOU ; Xiaoli LIU ; Junru LIU ; Qiang LU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Obesity; Diabetes mellitus,type 2
From: Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2010;9(2):121-123
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 1619 youngsters aged 13-15.They were divided into two groups:one with family history of diabetes (FHD~+) and another without a family history of diabetes (FHD~-).Measurements included height,weight,waist circumference (WC) and hip.FHD~+ group had significantly higher WC measurement,waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) when compared with FHD~-group (P ＜0.01).The abdominal obesity rate defined by WC measurement in FHD+ group was higher than that in FHD~-group (P＜0.01).The rate of overweight and obesity defined by body mass index (BMI) were no significant difference between two groups.After adjusting the gender and age,logistic regression analysis showed that the odds ratios of WC alone and BMI+WC for FHD~+ were 2.029 and 1.364 (95% CI:1.211-3.400,1.043-1.784,P＜0.05) respectively.Our data suggest that teenage with a family history of type 2 diabetes has a tendency of overweight characterized by the abdominal obesity.