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EVALUAREA COMPLICATIILOR CARDIO-METABOLICE ASOCIATE OBEZITATII: O METODA ANTROPOMETRICA SIMPLA UTILIZATA INTR-O PROBLEMA COMPLICATA

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Revista Romana de PEDIATRIE | Volumul LXIII, Nr. 3, An 2014
ISSN 1454-0398  |  e-ISSN 2069-6175
ISSN-L 1454-0398
DOI: 10.37897/RJP

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EVALUAREA COMPLICATIILOR CARDIO-METABOLICE ASOCIATE OBEZITATII: O METODA ANTROPOMETRICA SIMPLA UTILIZATA INTR-O PROBLEMA COMPLICATA

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REZUMAT

Introducere. Măsurarea indicilor somato-metrici reprezintă o metodă clinică simplă, ce poate fi utilizată pentru evaluarea complicaţiilor cardio-metabolice asociate obezităţii.

Obiective. Identificarea complicaţiilor cardio-metabolice asociate obezităţii şi evaluarea relevanţei utilizării IMC sau a raportului circumferinţă talie-înălţime pentru diagnosticul precoce al acestora, într-un grup de copii şi adolescenţi obezi.

Material şi metode. Studiul a inclus 174 de copii diagnosticaţi cu obezitate primară pe o perioadă de 3 ani. Variabilele analizate au fost: indicii antropometrici (inclusiv IMC, raportul circumferinţă talie-înălţime) şi rezultatele investigaţiilor biochimice.

Rezultate. 4,28% dintre copii prezentau suprapondere, 31,43% obezitate şi 64,29% obezitate extremă. Principalele complicaţii cardio-metabolice diagnosticate au fost: insulinorezistenţa (47,76%), hiperinsulinismul, alterarea metabolismului lipidic şi hipertensiunea arterială. Toţi copiii au avut un raport circumferinţă talie-înălţime ≥ 0,5. Pentru compararea celor doi indici antropometrici s-a folosit testul ANOVA unifactorial şi analiza post-hoc; nu au existat diferenţe statistic semnifi cative între loturile analizate.

Concluzii. Obezitatea definită prin valoarea IMC şi raportul circumferinţă talie-înălţime ≥ 0,5 se asociază, în majoritatea cazurilor, cu complicaţii cardio-metabolice. În practica medicală atât IMC, cât şi WHtR ar trebui utilizaţi ca şi metode de evaluare dar, raportul circumferinţă talie-înălţime prezintă câteva avantaje importante.

Cuvinte cheie: obezitatea copilului, indice de masă corporală, raport circumferinţă talie-înălţime, afecţiuni cardio-metabolice asociate obezităţii

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THE EVALUATION OF OBESITY-RELATED CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASES: A SIMPLE ANTHROPOMETRIC TOOL FOR A COMPLICATED MATTER

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Revista Romana de PEDIATRIE | Volumul LXIII, Nr. 3, An 2014
ISSN 1454-0398  |  e-ISSN 2069-6175
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DOI: 10.37897/RJP

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THE EVALUATION OF OBESITY-RELATED CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASES: A SIMPLE ANTHROPOMETRIC TOOL FOR A COMPLICATED MATTER

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ABSTRACT

Introduction. Anthropometric measurements are simple clinical tools that can be used for the evaluation of obesity-related cardiometabolic complications.

Objective. To identify obesity-related cardiometabolic outcomes and to compare the relevance of BMI or WHtR for early diagnosis in a group of obese children and adolescents.

Material and methods. The study included 174 children diagnosed with simple obesity during a three year period. Anthropometric measurements (including BMI and WHtR) and biochemical variables were analyzed.

Results. 4.28% of children were overweight, 31.43% were obese and 64.29% had extreme obesity. The main cardiometabolic complication was insulin resistance (47.76%) followed by hyperinsulinism, alteration of the lipid metabolism and hypertension. All children had a WHtR ≥ 0.5. One Way ANOVA with post-hoc t-test analysis was used for the comparative evaluation of the BMI and WHtR; there were no statistic significant differences between groups.

Conclusion. Obesity defined by BMI and a WHtR ≥ 0.5 is in the majority of cases associated with adverse cardiometabolic outcomes. Both anthropometric indexes should be used as evaluation tools in medical practice, but WHtR has some important advantages.

Keywords: child obesity, body mass index, waist to height ratio, obesity related cardiometabolic disease

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