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Comparisons in childhood obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors among urban Saudi Arab adolescents in 2008 and 2013
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Al-Daghri, N. M., Aljohani, N. J., Al-Attas, O. S., Al-Saleh, Y., Alnaami, A. M., Sabico, Shaun, Amer, O. E., Alharbi, M., Kumar, Sudhesh and Alokail, M. S. (2016) Comparisons in childhood obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors among urban Saudi Arab adolescents in 2008 and 2013. Child: Care, Health and Development, 42 (5). pp. 652-657. doi:10.1111/cch.12361 ISSN 0305-1862.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cch.12361
Abstract
Background
We aimed to compare the prevalence of childhood obesity and other cardiometabolic risk factors from two independent cohorts (2008 and 2013) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Methods
A total of 4549 adolescents aged 12–18 years [2454 boys, 2095 girls], taken from two independent cohorts, 5 years apart (2008 and 2013), were included. Anthropometrics were measured, and fasting blood samples were taken to ascertain glucose and lipid profile.
Results
The overall prevalence of obesity was significantly higher in 2013 [15.3 (95% confidence interval 13.7–16.9)] than 2008 [12.6 (11.3–13.9)] (P = 0.012). Stratified by sex, the prevalence of obesity among boys was significantly higher in 2013 than 2008 [2008 = 12.0 (10.3–13.7) versus 2013 = 17.4 (15.1–19.7); P < 0.001]. The age groups 13 and 15 years had a significantly higher mean triglycerides in 2013 than 2008 (P-values 0.003 and <0.001, respectively) and lower mean HDL-cholesterol also in the 13 years old age group (P < 0.001).
Conclusions
The prevalence of childhood obesity in Saudi Arabia has increased in particular age groups (13–15 years) during a 5-year span. Special attention is warranted in these vulnerable age groups, particularly in boys, as cardiometabolic risk factors appear to worsen.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Translational & Experimental Medicine > Metabolic and Vascular Health (- until July 2016) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Child: Care, Health and Development | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0305-1862 | ||||||||||
| Official Date: | September 2016 | ||||||||||
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| Volume: | 42 | ||||||||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 652-657 | ||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/cch.12361 | ||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||
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