Metabolic risk factors in prepubertal and pubertal patients with overweight and obesity
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Matheus Alves Alvares
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Guilherme Sanchez Wanderley
Abstract
Objectives
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of conditions linked to obesity that increases cardiovascular risk. We evaluated the frequency of clinical abnormalities associated with overweight and obesity in childhood, to determine whether a diagnosis of MetS is appropriate in this population.
Methods
Cross-sectional study with 116 pubertal and prepubertal children with a mean age (SD) of 10.9 (2.5) years, with overweight and obesity. We defined MetS using the International Diabetes Federation criteria, regardless of the age.
Results
45 patients met the criteria, 20 had at least one metabolic abnormality in addition to a high waist circumference (WC), and seven with WC below percentile 90th, had at least one metabolic abnormality. The prepubertal had higher zBMI [3.1 (2.6–3.8) vs. 2.8 (2.4–3.3); p=0.037], less lean body mass (kg) [27.13 (7.3) vs. 34.13 (9.8); p=0.005] and a similar frequency of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) compared to the pubertal [44.7 vs. 35.9; p=0.323]. Prepubertal with NAFLD had higher zBMI, lower HDL levels, higher TG/HDL ratios and higher fat percentages; while pubertal with NAFLD had higher WC/height, aspartate aminotransferase and oxaloacetic transaminase.
Conclusions
The diagnosis of MetS in childhood is not fundamental. Individualized management, focusing on the earliest age groups, in which we identified a more severe degree of obesity, should be done. We also recommend screening for NAFLD in all ages, due to the high prevalence observed.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission. Matheus Alves Alvares: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing original draft, Writing review & editing. Guilherme Sanchez Wanderley: Writing review & editing. Isabela Mesquita Mitre: Writing review & editing. Alessandra Caivano Rodrigues Ribeiro: Investigation, Methodology, Project Administration, Writing original draft. Cristiane Kochi: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing original draft, Writing review & editing
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Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.
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Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in this study. Parents or guardians signed the consent form, and the patients themselves signed the assent form.
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Ethical approval: This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Santa Casa de São Paulo with opinion number 4,927,362.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Original Articles
- Metabolic risk factors in prepubertal and pubertal patients with overweight and obesity
- Blood pressure in girls with central precocious puberty receiving GnRH analogue therapy
- Norethindrone dosing for adequate menstrual suppression in adolescents
- Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements and morphometric evaluation of the cranium in age-matched children with central precocious puberty
- Characteristics of vitamin D deficiency hypocalcemia inpatient admissions at a single tertiary center
- Early pregnancy exposure of maternal triglyceride levels and its effects on birth weight
- Evaluation of the clinical, biochemical, and genetic presentation of neonatal and adult-onset 5,10-methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency in patients from Pakistan
- Congenital hypothyroidism in Bogotá, Colombia: a current description (2015–2021)
- Case Reports
- Case report: mitochondrial diabetes mellitus in a Chinese family due to m.3243A>G
- Novel pathogenic variant of DICER1 in an adolescent with multinodular goiter, ovarian Sertoli–Leydig cell tumor and pineal parenchymal tumor of intermediate differentiation
- Fibroblast growth factor 23 levels in cord and peripheral blood during early neonatal period as possible predictors of affected offspring of X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets: report of three female cases from two pedigrees
- A rare cause of hyperphenylalaninemia: four cases from a single family with DNAJC12 deficiency
- The benefit of rhGH therapy in a Chinese child with 12q14 microdeletion syndrome: a case report
- Adjustment of octreotide dose given via insulin pump based on continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in a child with congenital hyperinsulinism
