PMID- 19838466
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20101215
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1678-4170 (Electronic)
IS  - 0066-782X (Linking)
VI  - 93
IP  - 1
DP  - 2009 Jul
TI  - Body mass index as a marker of dyslipidemia in children.
PG  - 22-7
LID - S0066-782X2009000700005 [pii]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Obesity is very frequently associated with conditions such as 
      dyslipidemia and diabetes. OBJECTIVE: To verify the diagnostic value of the 
      cut-off points proposed by the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) and Conde 
      & Monteiro (C&M) for the screening and identification of dyslipidemia in children 
      between 10 and 12 years of age. METHODS: The Body Mass Index (BMI) of 374 
      children of the school network of the city of Santa Maria-RS was ascertained. The 
      children were selected in a stratified manner from a population of 4,083 
      children. Lipid levels (reference standard) were determined by means of analysis 
      of total cholesterol (TC), LDL-C, HDL-C and triglycerides (TG). The cut-off 
      points of the IOTF and C&M were used to classify the BMI. Descriptive statistics 
      and analysis of sensitivity and specificity were employed. RESULTS: There was a 
      statistical difference in excess weight prevalence between both proposals (24.7% 
      and 28.6% for IOTF and C&M, respectively). A variation was observed in 
      sensitivity (33% to 83%) and specificity (62% to 80%) between the cut-off points 
      as to the detection of dyslipidemia. The percentage of false negatives was lower 
      than the percentage of false positives. CONCLUSION: The proposals may be used to 
      screen elevated TC and LDL-C in male individuals. Either the IOTF or the C&M 
      classification may be used to identify subjects without dyslipidemia, as these 
      proposals presented high specificity.
FAU - Lunardi, Claudia Cruz
AU  - Lunardi CC
AD  - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. 
      cclunardi@hotmail.com
FAU - Petroski, Edio Luiz
AU  - Petroski EL
LA  - eng
LA  - por
LA  - spa
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Brazil
TA  - Arq Bras Cardiol
JT  - Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
JID - 0421031
RN  - 0 (Biomarkers)
RN  - 0 (Lipids)
SB  - IM
MH  - Age Distribution
MH  - Biomarkers/blood
MH  - *Body Composition
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - Dyslipidemias/blood/*diagnosis
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lipids/*blood
MH  - Male
MH  - *Mass Screening
MH  - Obesity/*classification
MH  - Reference Standards
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
MH  - Sex Factors
EDAT- 2009/10/20 06:00
MHDA- 2010/12/16 06:00
CRDT- 2009/10/20 06:00
PHST- 2007/10/09 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2008/02/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2009/10/20 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/10/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/12/16 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0066-782X2009000700005 [pii]
AID - 10.1590/s0066-782x2009000700005 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Arq Bras Cardiol. 2009 Jul;93(1):22-7. doi: 10.1590/s0066-782x2009000700005.