title: Trends in cardiometabolic parameters among Spanish children from 2006 to 2010: The Cuenca study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to examine the trends in cardiometabolic risk factors among schoolchildren in Cuenca, Spain, from 2006 to 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were taken from two cross-sectional surveys conducted in 2006 and 2010 among schoolchildren aged 8-12 years from 20 public schools in the province of Cuenca. The final sample consisted of 2148 participants with measured anthropometric variables, biochemical assessment, and blood pressure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We observed an increase in mean serum total cholesterol (8.5 mg/dL and 10.7 mg/dL), LDL-cholesterol (13.7 mg/dL and 17.3 md/dL), triglycerides (3.6 mg/dL and 2.6 md/dL), fasting insulin (1.2 µU/mL and 0.3 µU/mL) and HOMA-IR (0.2 and 0.02) and a decrease in mean serum HDL-cholesterol (4.4 mg/dL and 5.7 mg/dL), systolic blood pressure (3.8 mmHg and 5.4 mmHg) and diastolic blood pressure (0.8 mmHg and 2.0 mmHg) in both sexes. In girls, mean arterial pressure (3.2 mmHg) also decreased in this period. In addition, we found an increase in the prevalence of adverse total cholesterol concentration (≥200 mg/dL) (7.8% and 8.9%), HDL-cholesterol concentration (<40 mg/dL) (1.9% in boys and 3.5% in girls) and LDL cholesterol concentration (≥130mg/dL) (4.8% and 5.8%) in boys and girls, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There has been a worsening of the lipid profile in schoolchildren from Cuenca, independent of weight status and age.
authors.affiliation: Centro de estudios Socio-Sanitarios, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Cuenca, España.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arellano-Ruiz
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, el Deporte y la Salud, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, USACH, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García-Hermoso
authors.affiliation: Centro de estudios Socio-Sanitarios, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Cuenca, España.|Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Talca, Chile.
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martínez-Vizcaíno
authors.affiliation: Centro de estudios Socio-Sanitarios, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Cuenca, España.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Salcedo-Aguilar
authors.affiliation: Centro de estudios Socio-Sanitarios, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Cuenca, España.
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garrido-Miguel
authors.affiliation: Centro de estudios Socio-Sanitarios, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Cuenca, España.|Facultad de enfermería, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Cuenca, España.
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solera-Martinez
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology