Relationship between impaired fasting glucose and fat distribution in adolescents
- VernacularTitle:青少年空腹血糖受损与体脂分布的关系
- Author:
Xiaoli LIU
;
Qiang LU
;
Yonghong XIE
;
Xumin XUAN
;
Hong CHEN
;
Min WANG
;
Xiaobin CAO
;
Fuzai YIN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Diabetes mellitus;
Overweight;
Obesity;
Adolescent;
Badv fat distribution
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Management
2008;2(5):275-277
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the relationship between impaired fasting glucose(IFG) and the distribution of body fat in adolescents.Methods Stratified cluster sampling was used to select 3874 adolescents aged 13-18 years for this cress-sectional study.Measurements included height,weight,waist circumference,hip circumference and fasting plasma glucose (FPG).Family history of diabetes was determined by using a serf-administered questionnaire.Participants were divided into normal fasting glucose group(FPG<5.6 mmol/L,n=3738) and impaired fasting glucose group (5.6 mmol/L≤FPG < 7.0 mmoL/L,n=136) according to their FPG levels. Results (1) After adjusting for age and sex using covariance analysis,the impaired fasting glucose group showed increased levels of body mass index,weight circumference,waist/hip ratio,waist/height ratio,as compared to the normal fasting glucose group (P< 0.05).(2) After the age and gender were adjusted,body mass index,weight circumference,waist/hip ratio and waist/height ratio were positively correlated with FPG level (P<0.05).Among the partial relation coefficients, that between waist/height ratio and FPG(r'=0.0925) was the highest (3) In multiple regression analyses,age (β=-0.102,P<0.05),family history of diabetes (β=0.186,P<0.05) and waist/height ratio (β=0.842,P<0.05) were consistently associated with FPG.Conclusion Central obesity was an important predictor of IFG in adolescents.Waist/height ratio may be an useful index of central obesity and an important predictor of IFG in adolescents.