[Assessment of complications of excess weight in school-age children and adolescents].
Due to the higher incidence of children obesity, in the last decade, the scientific community as well as mass media have increased their interest towards obesity and eating habits.


METHODS
The study has been made on a number of 108 pediatric patients with intercurrent affections that has been diagnosed with obesity or weight excess between 2005 and 2008. The evaluation of the pacients has been done with the use of anamnesis, full clinical examination and biochemical investigations.


RESULTS
The case repartition based on body mass index has revealed that 46.29% of the pacients have excess weight and 53.70% suffer from obesity. The biochemical alterations have shown the following: regarding the glucidic metabolism--21 cases with impaired basal glycaemia, 5 cases with low glucose tolerance and 2 cases with diabetes mellitus type 1; regarding the lipidic metabolism--39 cases with modifications of triglycerides, of cholesterol fractions or of both categories. Also, we found the X metabolic syndrome in 20 of the studied cases, hyperuricaemia in 13 cases, hepatic steatosis in 10 cases and arterial hypertension in 34 of the cases. Almost half of the interviewed subjects have accused different types of psycho-behaviour changes.


CONCLUSIONS
From the investigated complications, the dislipidemic syndrome, arterial hypertension and glucidic metabolism disorders have had an important place and have completed the metabolic syndrome picture in an important number of cases.
Novac
Otilia
O
Facultatea de Medicină, Disciplina de Medicină de Familie, Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie "Gr. T. Popa" Iaşi.
Mătăsaru
Silvia
S
Tătaru
Simona
S
Felea
Doina
D
Cosmescu
Adriana
A
Chiosac
Alina Andreea
AA
D000293:Adolescent; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000209:etiology; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D033461:Hyperuricemia / Q000209:etiology; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D050177:Overweight / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
D015415:Biomarkers; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol