العلاقة بين الحالة التغذوية و مستويات دهون الدم لدى طالبات المدارس بمدينة الرياض

الملخص EN

The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between nutritional status and plasma lipid levels in school children in Saudi school children (girls) aged 9-13.9 years.

The study was conducted on 120 school girls randomly chosen.

Height and weight were recorded and Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated.

Nutritional status was measured by (BMI) compared to standard tables.

Fasting blood glucose (GLU), total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) were measured.

The results showed that the prevalence of obesity and overweight was 12.5% and 13.3%, respectively.

The mean of TG was above cutoff points in obese girls.

The prevalence of medium-risk values for HDL was recorded among obese, overweight and normal- weight girls.

The correlation between obesity and TC was strongly negative and statistically significant.

Overweight correlated negatively with level of TG, and underweight correlated negatively with LDL.

The statistical significant was strong.

The level of TC correlated negatively with under weight.

A significant positive correlation was obtained between TG levels in blood and normal weight.