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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Issue : 6 | Page : 859-863 |
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Carotid intima-medial thickness and glucose homeostasis in Indian obese children and adolescents
Aashima Dabas1, Thushanth Thomas1, Monita Gahlot2, Nandita Gupta1, K Devasenathipathy3, Rajesh Khadgawat1
1 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Dietetics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
3 Department of Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Rajesh Khadgawat
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110 029
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijem.IJEM_112_17
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Objective: To evaluate for subclinical atherosclerosis and its risk factors in Indian obese children. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional, case–control study was conducted to recruit 80 children aged 6–17 years with constitutional obesity as cases and 23 age- and gender-matched controls with normal body mass index (BMI). Anthropometric and clinical evaluation was followed by biochemical analysis and body fat estimation by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in cases. Similar evaluation was performed for controls except laboratory parameters. Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) was measured with B-mode ultrasonography in both cases and controls to evaluate subclinical atherosclerosis. Results: The mean age of cases was 12.8 ± 3 years, with mean BMI of 29.2 ± 4.8 kg/m2. The mean CIMT was significantly higher in cases than controls (0.54 ± 0.13 vs. 0.42 ± 0.08; P < 0.001 across all ages). CIMT was significantly higher in participants who were hypertensive than nonhypertensive (0.6 ± 0.11 vs. 0.53 ± 0.11 mm; P = 0.04). CIMT showed a positive correlation with BMI (r = 0.23, P = 0.02), percentage body fat and fat mass index (r = 0.28 and 0.3 respectively; P < 0.001), but not with waist: hip ratio. CIMT showed significant positive correlation with blood glucose at 60 min (r = 0.22; P = 0.04), serum insulin at 60 min (r = 0.28; P = 0.01) while negative correlation with whole body insulin sensitivity (r = −0.27; P = 0.01). Conclusion: CIMT correlated significantly to blood pressure, insulin sensitivity, and body fat in Indian obese children. |
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