[Somatic, biochemical and arterial pressure at the end of adolescence, according to weight at birth].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate in young people differences among somatic measurements, biochemical issues and arterial tension, according to weight at birth.


METHODS
53 youth born with body weight <2500 g, and 100 born with normal weight were studied.


METHODS
somatic measurements, arterial pressure, glucose, insulin, cholesterol and triglycerides. Insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome were also evaluated.


RESULTS
Men born with normal weight had higher cholesterol and resistance to insulin. Differences persisted for odds ratio. Those born with <2500 g had a negative correlation among weight at birth and glucose level. Overweight-obesity was found in 30.0% (46/153) and the metabolic syndrome in 10% (14/140); the frequency of this syndrome increased with the IMC was higher: from 2.0% (2/100) in eutrophics to 30% (12/40) in those with overweight-obesity.


CONCLUSIONS
The findings stand out the magnitude of the adiposity and of the metabolic syndrome in youths.
García de Quevedo-Landa
Isabel
I
Departamento de Salud Pública Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, Mexico, DF, Mexico.
Vega-Franco
Leopoldo
L
Iñarritu
María del Carmen
Mdel C
Thompson-Chagoyan
Oscar C
OC
Lopéz-Moreno
Maricarmen
M
Huerta
Marcial
M
Villanueva-Recillas
Silvia
S
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001724:Birth Weight; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001827:Body Height; D049628:Body Size; D001835:Body Weight; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012737:Sex Factors; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol