C-reactive protein and cardiometabolic risk factors in overweight or obese children and adolescents

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between ultrasensitive C-reactive protein and cardiometabolic risk factors in overweight or obese childrenand adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional study conducted at the Center for Childhood Obesity in the period from April 2009 to April 2010, involving 18...

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Published in:Revista de Nutrição 2014-06, Vol.27 (3), p.279-288
Main Authors: Cardoso, Anajás da Silva, Cardoso, Renata Oliveira, Carvalho, Danielle Franklin de, Collet, Neusa, Medeiros, Carla Campos Muniz
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Language:English
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NUTRITION & DIETETICS
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Summary:OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between ultrasensitive C-reactive protein and cardiometabolic risk factors in overweight or obese childrenand adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional study conducted at the Center for Childhood Obesity in the period from April 2009 to April 2010, involving 185 overweight children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 years. Measures of ultrasensitive C-reactive protein according to age, nutritional status, gender, race, cardiometabolic risk factors (waist circumference, lipid profile, impaired fasting glucose, high blood pressure and presence of insulin resistance) were compared through the Chi-square test and analysis of variance. All analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software version 17.0, adopting a significance level of 5%. RESULTS: Altered high-density lipoprotein was the most frequent cardiometabolic risk factor, and there was a significant association between altered ultrasensitive C-reactive protein values and severe obesity (p=0.005), high waist circumference (p
ISSN:1415-5273
1678-9865
1415-5273
DOI:10.1590/1415-52732014000300002