Dietary Intake Is Related to Multifactor Cardiovascular Risk Score in Obese Boys

Healthcare

Tracy L. Schumacher³  Tracy L. Burrows³  Dylan P. Cliff⁴  Rachel A. Jones⁴  Anthony D. Okely⁴  Louise A. Baur¹  Philip J. Morgan²  Robin Callister²  May M. Boggess³ 

[1]The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia

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[3]Priority Research Center in Physical Activity and Nutrition, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia

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[5]School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia

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[7]Early Start Research Institute, School of Education, Faculty of Social Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia

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关键词: cardiovascular risk;    childhood;    obesity;    diet;    nutrition;   

DOI  :  10.3390/healthcare2030282

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) originates in childhood and early identification of risk factors provides an early intervention opportunity. The aim was to identify children at higher risk using a CVD risk score, developed from factors known to cluster in childhood. Risk was scored as very high (≥97.5th centile), high (≥95th), moderate (≥90th) or threshold (<90th) using normal pediatric reference ranges for 10 common biomedical risk factors. These were summed in a multifactor CVD risk score and applied to a sample of 285 observations from 136 overweight Australian children (41% male, aged 7–12 years). Strength of associations between CVD risk score and individual biomedical and dietary variables were assessed using univariate logistic regression. High waist circumference (Odds Ratio: 5.48 [95% CI: 2.60–11.55]), body mass index (OR: 3.22 [1.98–5.26]), serum insulin (OR: 3.37 [2.56–4.42]) and triglycerides (OR: 3.02 [2.22–4.12]) were all significantly related to CVD risk score. High intakes of total fat (OR: 4.44 [1.19–16.60]), sugar (OR: 2.82 [1.54–5.15]) and carbohydrate (OR 1.75 [1.11–2.77]) were significantly related to CVD risk score in boys only. This multifactor CVD risk score could be a useful tool for researchers to identify elevated risk in children. Further research is warranted to examine sex-specific dietary factors related to CVD risk in children.

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