title: [The lipid status, insulinemia and fat mass in 40 children with essential obesity].
abstract: Obesity is usually defined on the basis of body composition measurements. Body composition can be assessed using elaborate methods or anthropometry. Obese children are characterized by increased serum total cholesterol and triglycerides, reduced high-density-lipoprotein(HDL)-cholesterol concentrations, and hyperinsulinemia. Such a metabolic profile may create favorable conditions for atherogenesis and cardiovascular disease later in life. In fourty obese children aged 6-14 years were evaluated plasma insulin after OGTT, serum lipids and body composition. The correlation analysis between insulin, lipids and fat mass (%), based on skinfold measurements was not significative. These results are possible because with skinfold measurements are not separated the subcutaneous and intraabdominal compartments; infarct, only abdominal obesity is associated with the increased risk factors (hyperinsulinemia, hyperlipidemia, ecc.).
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Pediatria, O.C.M., U.L.S.S. 25, Università di Verona.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luciano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zoppi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D001823:Body Composition; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D008055:Lipids
vernacular_title: Assetto lipidico, insulinemia e massa grassa in 40 bambini affetti da obesità essenziale.