title: [Cardiovascular risk in children from 6 to 15 years with exogenous obesity].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The cardiovascular risk (CVR) is increasing and it is related to life style and dietary habits; one of the age groups at risk of developing this disease are the obese children. The objective of this study was to assess the CVR in the obese pediatric population in a secondary care unit of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in San Luis Potosí, México.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study, in which we used Alústiza's scale to measure CVR. We included the total of cases of pediatric obese population in a year. We performed the analysis by each of the variables included in the scale (age, sex, body mass index, family history of diabetes and obesity, alcohol, blood pressure, cholesterol). High CVR was correlated to HDL and glucose, through a statistical analysis with chi-squared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We reviewed a total of 100 medical records of children from 6 to 15 years (52 girls, 48 boys). CVR was low in 26 %, moderate in 14 % and higher in 60 %. A positive history of obesity was found in 26 %; obesity plus diabetes, 16 %; obesity and dyslipidemia, 13 %; hypertension, 11 %. None of the children practiced excercise. We found hypercholesterolemia in 46 %, and hyperglycemia in 34 %. By using chi-squared we found that all variables were statistically significant (p &lt; 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Validated scales are useful to measure CVR in children, in order to take action in a timely fashion and avoid the persistence of risk in adulthood.
authors.affiliation: Coordinación Clínica de Educación e Investigación en Salud, Hospital General de Zona 1, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México. gabriela.escudero@imss.gob.mx.
authors.forename: Gabriela Virginia
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Escudero-Lourdes
authors.forename: Luz Viridiana
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Morales-Romero
authors.forename: Concepción
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Valverde-Ocaña
authors.forename: José Fernando
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Velasco-Chávez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D018570:Risk Assessment
keywords: Cardiovascular diseases; Life style; Pediatric obesity; Risk factors