Key result
Adolescent obesity is linked to increased cardiovascular risk factors, appearing earlier in boys.
Why the study?
The association between obesity and cardiovascular disease risk factors across different sex and adolescent age groups required investigation.
Does obesity and overweight increase the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors in adolescents?
Cross-Sectional (n=8,149)
Does obesity and overweight increase the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors in adolescents?
Adolescent obesity correlates with early development of cardiovascular risk factors, emphasizing the importance of routine weight assessments starting at a young age to mitigate future disease risk.
We investigated the association between obesity and cardiovascular disease risk factors (CVDRFs) in adolescents. We performed a cross-sectional study using the data from 8149 adolescents, aged 10-18 years, included in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2011-2020). Using the body mass index, we defined "overweight" (≥85th to <95th percentile) and "obese" (≥95th percentile). We analyzed the associations between obesity and CVDRFs (high blood pressure, abnormal lipid profiles, and high fasting glucose levels) by sex and age groups (early [10-12 years], middle [13-15 years], and late [16-18 years] adolescence). When analyzing all the subjects, being overweight was correlated with high blood pressure and abnormal all-lipid profiles in boys and high triglyceride and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in girls, while obesity was associated with all CVDRFs in both boys and girls. Analyzing separately in the age subgroups, the correlation between obesity and CVDRFs tended to be shown earlier in boys than in girls, and obesity tended to be associated with CVDRFs earlier than being overweight. The association between obesity and CVDRFs may begin to be shown at different periods of youth, depending on the degree of obesity, CVDRF variables, and sex.
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Lee et al. (2023) conducted a cross-sectional in Healthy adolescents (assessed for cardiovascular disease risk factors) (n=8,149). Obesity and Overweight vs. Normal weight was evaluated on Cardiovascular disease risk factors (high blood pressure, abnormal lipid profiles, and high fasting glucose levels). Obesity was associated with all cardiovascular disease risk factors in both adolescent boys and girls, with these correlations presenting earlier in boys and with greater obesity severity.
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