Nursing care in childcare services: Acantose nigricans as a marker for metabolic risk

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Caroline Evelin Nascimento Kluczynik Vieira¹  Larissa Soares Mariz¹  Carla Campos Muniz Medeiros¹  Bertha Cruz Enders¹  Alexsandro Silva Coura¹ 

关键词: Adolescent;    Obesity;    Acanthosis Nigricans;    Nursing Care;    Adolescente;    Obesidade;    Acantose Nigricans;    Cuidados de Enfermagem;    Adolescente;    Obesidad;    Acantosis Nigricans;    Atención de Enfermería;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0104-1169.2870.2357

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: to analyze the association between the presence of Acantose nigricans and metabolic changes in overweight adolescents, so as to ascertain the relevance of the identification of this marker in the nursing consultation. METHOD: a cross-sectional study undertaken between April 2009 and April 2010 with 118 adolescents who were service users of the Center for Child Obesity in Campina Grande in the Brazilian State of Paraíba (PB). The presence of Acantose nigricans, and the subjects' anthropometric measurements, were investigated. The following exams were made: insulin, triglycerides, HDL-Cholesterol, Glucose and the homeostatic model of assessment (HOMA-IR). RESULTS: there was association between the presence of Acantose nigricans and participants with insulin resistance (p=0.008), metabolic syndrome (p=0.031), elevated triglycerides (p=0.045) and altered HDL (p=0.002). CONCLUSIONS: the suggestion is supported that the detection/identification of Acantose nigricans may be used in the nursing consultation as a tool for identifying overweight adolescents with greater risk of metabolic changes.

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