Prevalence of obesity and its comorbidities among schoolchildren in Taiwan.
Prevalence of obesity and its comorbidities among schoolchildren in Taiwan.
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台湾学童肥胖及其合并症的患病率。
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发表时间:
2007
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
W. Pan
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文献类型:
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作者:
N. Chu;W. Pan
To evaluate the prevalence of obesity and its comorbidities among a representative sample of elementary schoolchildren in Taiwan, the Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan Elementary School Children used a stratified, multi-staged complex sampling scheme. In total 2,405 children (1,290 boys and 1,115 girls) were included. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 15.5 and 14.7% in boys and 14.4 and 9.1% in girls. With respect to geographic differences, the prevalence of obesity for boys was highest in the southern area (23.3% for the 3rd stratum) and lowest in the mountain area (4.3%). For girls, the prevalence of overweight and obesity was highest in the central area (13.0% for the 3rd stratum) and lowest in the southern area (2.6% for the 3rd stratum). The obese children had higher mean levels of blood pressure, triglyceride, low density lipoprotein-cholesterol, uric acid and serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase, but lower level of high density lipoprotein-cholesterol when compared with the normal weight children. For obese and normal weight boys, the prevalence was 12.9 % vs. 0.3 % for high blood pressure, 31.4 % vs. 19.6 % for dyslipidemia, and 6.4 % vs. 0.8 % for abnormal serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase level. In conclusion, we found that about one third of the boys and one quarter of the girls were overweight and/or obesity in Taiwan. Furthermore, the prevalence of obesity-related comorbidities was significantly increased for obese and/or overweight elementary schoolchildren in the Taiwan area.
影响因子:
12.7
作者:
Shear,CL;Freedman,DS;Burke,GL;Harsha,DW;Webber,LS;Berenson,GS
通讯作者:
Berenson,GS
影响因子:
9.8
作者:
Srinivasan, SR;Bao, WH;Berenson, GS
通讯作者:
Berenson, GS