Obesity-related metabolic risk in sedentary hispanic adolescent girls with normal bmi

Gert Jan van der Heijden, Zhiyue J. Wang, Zili D. Chu, Morey Haymond, Pieter J.J. Sauer, Agneta L. Sunehag

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Abstract

Hispanic adolescent girls with normal BMI frequently have high body fat %. Without knowledge of body fat content and distribution, their risk for metabolic complications is unknown. We measured metabolic risk indicators and abdominal fat distribution in post-pubertal Hispanic adolescent girls with Normal BMI (N-BMI: BMI < 85th percentile) and compared these indicators between girls with Normal BMI and High Fat content (N-BMI-HF: body fat ≥ 27%; n = 15) and Normal BMI and Normal Fat content (N-BMI-NF: body fat < 27%; n = 8). Plasma concentrations of glucose, insulin, adiponectin, leptin and Hs-CRP were determined. Insulin resistance was calculated using an oral glucose tolerance test. Body fat % was measured by DXA and subcutaneous, visceral and hepatic fat by MRI/MRS. The N-BMI-HF girls had increased abdominal and hepatic fat content and increased insulin resistance, plasma leptin and Hs-CRP concentrations (p < 0.05) as compared to their N-BMI-NF counterparts. In N-BMI girls, insulin resistance, plasma insulin and leptin correlated with BMI and body fat % (p < 0.05). This research confirms the necessity of the development of BMI and body fat % cut-off criteria per sex, age and racial/ethnic group based on metabolic risk factors to optimize the effectiveness of metabolic risk screening procedures.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number79
JournalChildren
Volume5
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2018

Keywords

  • Abdominal fat
  • BMI
  • Body fat
  • Hispanic
  • Insulin resistance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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