Osong Public Health Res Perspect.  2017 Apr;8(2):138-146. 10.24171/j.phrp.2017.8.2.06.

Childhood Obesity Is a High-risk Factor for Hypertriglyceridemia: A Case-control Study in Vietnam

• Hanh NT
• Tuyet LT
• Dao DT
• Tao Y
• Chu DT

• KMID: 2385160
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2017.8.2.06

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
To investigate the relationship between dyslipidemia and obesity status among Viet-namese adolescents.
METHODS
In this case-control study, 282 adolescents (6-11 years), including 88 obese cases and 194 normal-weight controls, were recruited from a population-based cross-sectional study from two provinces in Vietnam. The anthropometric, blood lipid, and other laboratory test results of the study subjects were analyzed.
RESULTS
Obese children tended to have more visceral fat (Pearson's r = 0.795, p < 0.0001) than subcutaneous fat (Pearson's r = 0.754, p < 0.0001), and this difference was associated with an increase in blood triglyceride level (Pearson's r = 0.232, p < 0.05) and a strikingly high rate of hypertriglyceridemia (38.6%). We also found that birth weight and parental body mass index were related to the status of obesity among the study subjects. However, only birth weight was significantly higher in the obese group than in the normal weight group. These findings indicate the effect of prenatal nutrition on childhood obesity. Furthermore, high-birth weight children had a surprisingly high rate of obesity.
CONCLUSION
Together, our data suggest that obesity increased the risk for hypertriglyceridemia, which was, at least partially, due to prenatal nutrition.

Keyword

vietnamese childhood obesity; dyslipidemia; hypertriglyceridemia

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Birth Weight
Body Mass Index
Case-Control Studies*
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dyslipidemias
Humans
Hypertriglyceridemia*
Intra-Abdominal Fat
Obesity
Parents
Pediatric Obesity*
Subcutaneous Fat
Triglycerides
Vietnam*