LDL Oxidation, Total Radical Trapping Antioxidant Potential and Plasma Antioxidant Vitamin Systems in Obese School Children.
- Author:
Min Jeong SHIN
1
;
Kyung Im JUN
;
Bo Young SEO
;
Eunju PARK
Author Information
1. Yonsei Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
childhood obesity;
total radical-trapping antioxidant potential;
lipid peroxidation;
antioxidant vitamins;
insulin resistance
- MeSH:
beta Carotene;
Child*;
gamma-Tocopherol;
Glucose;
Homeostasis;
Humans;
Insulin;
Insulin Resistance;
Leptin;
Lipid Peroxidation;
Pediatric Obesity;
Plasma*;
Triglycerides;
Vitamins*
- From:The Korean Journal of Nutrition
2005;38(7):553-560
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to examine the lipid peroxidation, plasma antioxidant status and insulin resistance in childhood obesity. To this end, we measured blood lipid profiles, glucose, insulin concentrations, plasma antioxidant vitamins, baseline conjugated diene formation as a measure of LDL oxidation in vivo and TRAP (total radical trapping antioxidant potential) of 93 school children (58 nonobese, 35 overweight-obese). Insulin resistance was estimated by homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). The overweight-obese children showed significantly higher levels of leptin (p < 0.0001) and triglyceride (p < 0.05) and significantly lower level of plasma lycopene (p < 0.001) and gamma-tocopherol (p < 0.05) compared with the normal weight children. Furthermore, the levels of TRAP were signi-ficantly lower in overweight-obese children (p < 0.05). Significant positive relationships between plasma leptin and conjugated dienes formation (p < 0.005) and inverse relationship between plasma leptin and lipid corrected levels of beta-carotene (p < 0.05), lycopene (p < 0.05) were observed. Our results showed an increased lipid peroxidation and dec-reased antioxidant capacity in childhood obesity which could be involved in the atherosclerotic process.
