Prevalence of Obesity and Its Association with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Adolescent Girls from a College in Central Taiwan
Autor: | John Jenn-Yenn Lu; Donald Dah-Shyong Jiang; Shieu-Ming Chou; Chang-Bor Hor; Jong-Ding Lay; Hsiang-Ling Wang |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
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2008 |
Quelle: | Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X08701426 https://doaj.org/toc/1607-551X 1607-551X doi:10.1016/S1607-551X(08)70142-6 https://doaj.org/article/1956f88209364d1ea83f62ed317cd677 https://doi.org/10.1016/S1607-551X(08)70142-6 https://doaj.org/article/1956f88209364d1ea83f62ed317cd677 |
Erfassungsnummer: | ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:1956f88209364d1ea83f62ed317cd677 |
Zusammenfassung
Although obesity is associated with important hemodynamic disturbances, little data exists on population-wide cardiovascular risk factors in obese adolescent girls in Taiwan. This study measured the prevalence of overweight/obesity and related cardiovascular disease risk factors in adolescent females. This was a school-based survey of a representative sample of 291 females aged 15 and 18 years in a public college in Central Taiwan. The main measures were height, body weight, systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), uric acid, cholesterol, triglyceride (TG) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). Obese (body mass index [BMI]≥25.3) and overweight (22.7≤BMI≤25.2) individuals were combined and labeled as overweight (BMI ≥22.7) to make communication of results clearer. Data gleaned from freshmen's health examinations were analyzed. The prevalence of obesity (BMI≥25.3) was 9.28% and of overweight (BMI≥22.7) was 21.31%. Being overweight was associated with higher SBP, DBP, uric acid and TG, and lower levels of HDL-C, but was not associated with cholesterol. The 15-year-old group showed higher mean levels of uric acid, total cholesterol, TG and HDL-C than the 18-year-old group (p < 0.05). All told, 3.1%, 15.12% and 2.1% of the girls showed abnormally elevated levels of uric acid, cholesterol and TG, respectively. In addition, 5.84% had abnormally lower HDL-C levels, indicating that interventions should focus on reducing obesity and encouraging proper dietary habits and sufficient exercise, especially in subjects with lower HDL-C levels and higher levels of cholesterol, TG and uric acid.