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Importance of AndroidGynoid Fat Ratio in Predicting Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Normal Weight as well as Overweight and Obese Children
Joint Authors
Samsell, Lennie
Walton, Cheryl
Regier, Michael
Cottrell, Lesley A.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-09-15
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Numerous studies have shown that android or truncal obesity is associated with a risk for metabolic and cardiovascular disease, yet there is evidence that gynoid fat distribution may be protective.
However, these studies have focused on adults and obese children.
The purpose of our study was to determine if the android/gynoid fat ratio is positively correlated with insulin resistance, HOMA2-IR, and dislipidemia in a child sample of varying body sizes.
In 7–13-year-old children with BMI percentiles ranging from 0.1 to 99.6, the android/gynoid ratio was closely associated with insulin resistance and combined LDL + VLDL-cholesterol.
When separated by sex, it became clear that these relationships were stronger in boys than in girls.
Subjects were stratified into BMI percentile based tertiles.
For boys, the android/gynoid ratio was significantly related to insulin resistance regardless of BMI tertile with and LDL + VLDL in tertiles 1 and 3.
For girls, only LDL + VLDL showed any significance with android/gynoid ratio and only in tertile 2.
We conclude that the android/gynoid fat ratio is closely associated with insulin resistance and LDL + VLDL-, “bad,” cholesterol in normal weight boys and may provide a measurement of metabolic and cardiovascular disease risk in that population.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Samsell, Lennie& Regier, Michael& Walton, Cheryl& Cottrell, Lesley A.. 2014. Importance of AndroidGynoid Fat Ratio in Predicting Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Normal Weight as well as Overweight and Obese Children. Journal of Obesity،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1042394
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Samsell, Lennie…[et al.]. Importance of AndroidGynoid Fat Ratio in Predicting Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Normal Weight as well as Overweight and Obese Children. Journal of Obesity No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1042394
American Medical Association (AMA)
Samsell, Lennie& Regier, Michael& Walton, Cheryl& Cottrell, Lesley A.. Importance of AndroidGynoid Fat Ratio in Predicting Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Normal Weight as well as Overweight and Obese Children. Journal of Obesity. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1042394
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1042394