PMID- 28830245
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20181218
LR  - 20181218
IS  - 1651-1999 (Electronic)
IS  - 0803-7051 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 1
DP  - 2018 Feb
TI  - Truncal pattern of subcutaneous fat distribution is associated with obesity and 
      elevated blood pressure among children and adolescents.
PG  - 25-31
LID - 10.1080/08037051.2017.1369000 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: The association between elevated blood pressure (BP) and childhood 
      obesity has been documented in several studies. However, little is known the 
      difference in BP levels among children and adolescents with different patterns of 
      fat distribution. The present study examined the association of subcutaneous fat 
      distributional pattern with obesity and elevated BP among children and 
      adolescents. METHODS: A total of 38,687 students (19,386 boys and 19,301 girls) 
      aged 7-17 years participated in the study. Body mass index (BMI) cutoff points 
      recommended by the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) were used to define 
      overweight and general obesity. Abdominal obesity was defined as waist-to-height 
      ratio (WHtR) >/= 0.5. Relatively high BP (RHBP) status was defined as systolic 
      blood pressure (SBP) and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) >/= 95th percentile for 
      age and gender. All individuals were classified into four groups (Q1-Q4) 
      according to the age and sex-specific quartiles of subscapular to triceps 
      skinfold thickness ratio (STR), the prevalence rates of overweight, general 
      obesity, abdominal obesity and RHBP among the four groups were compared. RESULTS: 
      In both boys and girls, significant differences in the prevalence rates of 
      overweight, general obesity, abdominal obesity and RHBP were observed among the 
      four groups, an increasing trend was observed from the Q1 (STR <25 th) group to 
      the Q4 (STR >/= 75th) group (p < 0.01). Children and adolescents with high STR had 
      higher prevalence of overweight, obesity and RHBP than their counterparts with 
      low STR (p < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Truncal pattern of subcutaneous fat distribution 
      is associated with obesity and elevated BP among children and adolescents. Public 
      health attention should not only focus on the amount of body fat, but also on the 
      distributional pattern of body fat.
FAU - Zhang, Ying-Xiu
AU  - Zhang YX
AD  - a Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Shandong University 
      Institute of Preventive Medicine , Jinan , Shandong , China.
FAU - Wang, Shu-Rong
AU  - Wang SR
AD  - b Shandong Blood Center , Jinan , Shandong , China.
FAU - Zhao, Jin-Shan
AU  - Zhao JS
AD  - a Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Shandong University 
      Institute of Preventive Medicine , Jinan , Shandong , China.
FAU - Chu, Zun-Hua
AU  - Chu ZH
AD  - a Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Shandong University 
      Institute of Preventive Medicine , Jinan , Shandong , China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20170823
PL  - England
TA  - Blood Press
JT  - Blood pressure
JID - 9301454
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Blood Pressure/*physiology
MH  - Blood Pressure Determination/*methods
MH  - Child
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*complications
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Subcutaneous Fat/*abnormalities
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Skinfold thickness
OT  - adolescent
OT  - blood pressure
OT  - distribution
OT  - obesity
EDAT- 2017/08/24 06:00
MHDA- 2018/12/19 06:00
CRDT- 2017/08/24 06:00
PHST- 2017/08/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/12/19 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/08/24 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/08037051.2017.1369000 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Blood Press. 2018 Feb;27(1):25-31. doi: 10.1080/08037051.2017.1369000. Epub 2017 
      Aug 23.