PMID- 17953725
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080221
LR  - 20071116
IS  - 0803-5253 (Print)
IS  - 0803-5253 (Linking)
VI  - 96
IP  - 12
DP  - 2007 Dec
TI  - Prevalence of glucose intolerance in school age children. Population based 
      cross-sectional study.
PG  - 1799-802
AB  - AIM: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of glucose intolerance 
      among school children in south-eastern Poland. METHODS: Schools were randomly 
      selected in the area and the entire school population was studied. We examined 
      1083 children (510 boys and 573 girls) in the mean age 14.49 years (age range: 
      7.9-19 years). Their weight and height were measured and body mass index (BMI) 
      was calculated. Patients were classified as overweight or obese based on 
      International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) criteria. We tested fasting glucose level 
      in randomly selected children with normal weight (N=83) in all overweight and 
      obese subjects (N=229). In children with fasting blood glucose level higher than 
      5.5 mmol/L (100 mg/dL) oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was performed. RESULTS: 
      About 17.8% of children were overweight and 4.6% obese. Fasting hyperglycemia was 
      found in 16.7% obese children. The calculated prevalence of fasting hyperglycemia 
      for entire population was 6.7/1000. Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) was found 
      only in obese children. The prevalence of glucose intolerance in obese children 
      was 7.1%, in contrast the calculated prevalence of glucose intolerance for the 
      entire population was 3.0/1000 (95% confidence interval: 0-8.4/1000). CONCLUSION: 
      Despite relatively high number of obese children, the prevalence of IGT among 
      schoolchildren of south-eastern Poland remains low.
FAU - Mazur, A
AU  - Mazur A
AD  - Institute of Physiotherapy, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland. 
      drmazur@poczta.onet.pl
FAU - Grzywa, M
AU  - Grzywa M
FAU - Malecka-Tendera, E
AU  - Malecka-Tendera E
FAU - Telega, G
AU  - Telega G
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20071022
PL  - Norway
TA  - Acta Paediatr
JT  - Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
JID - 9205968
RN  - 0 (Blood Glucose)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Blood Glucose/analysis
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Glucose Intolerance/diagnosis/*epidemiology/etiology
MH  - Glucose Tolerance Test
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*blood/complications/epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/*blood/complications/epidemiology
MH  - Poland/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
EDAT- 2007/10/24 09:00
MHDA- 2008/02/22 09:00
CRDT- 2007/10/24 09:00
PHST- 2007/10/24 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/02/22 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/10/24 09:00 [entrez]
AID - APA553 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00553.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acta Paediatr. 2007 Dec;96(12):1799-802. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00553.x. 
      Epub 2007 Oct 22.