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Article

Association between Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Different Age Groups of Adolescents: An Analysis of Data from the Korean National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey

by
Joowon Lee
1,
Seul Gi Cha
2,
Jue Seong Lee
3,
Susan Taejung Kim
4 and
Young Hwan Song
1,*
1
Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam 13620, Republic of Korea
2
Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul 05505, Republic of Korea
3
Department of Pediatrics, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul 08308, Republic of Korea
4
Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Children 2023, 10(5), 827; https://doi.org/10.3390/children10050827
Submission received: 4 February 2023 / Revised: 28 April 2023 / Accepted: 29 April 2023 / Published: 1 May 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes)
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Abstract

We investigated the association between obesity and cardiovascular disease risk factors (CVDRFs) in adolescents. We performed a cross-sectional study using the data from 8149 adolescents, aged 10–18 years, included in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2011–2020). Using the body mass index, we defined “overweight” (≥85th to <95th percentile) and “obese” (≥95th percentile). We analyzed the associations between obesity and CVDRFs (high blood pressure, abnormal lipid profiles, and high fasting glucose levels) by sex and age groups (early [10–12 years], middle [13–15 years], and late [16–18 years] adolescence). When analyzing all the subjects, being overweight was correlated with high blood pressure and abnormal all-lipid profiles in boys and high triglyceride and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in girls, while obesity was associated with all CVDRFs in both boys and girls. Analyzing separately in the age subgroups, the correlation between obesity and CVDRFs tended to be shown earlier in boys than in girls, and obesity tended to be associated with CVDRFs earlier than being overweight. The association between obesity and CVDRFs may begin to be shown at different periods of youth, depending on the degree of obesity, CVDRF variables, and sex.
Keywords: heart disease risk factors; overweight; obesity; adolescent heart disease risk factors; overweight; obesity; adolescent

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Lee, J.; Cha, S.G.; Lee, J.S.; Kim, S.T.; Song, Y.H. Association between Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Different Age Groups of Adolescents: An Analysis of Data from the Korean National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey. Children 2023, 10, 827. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10050827

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Lee J, Cha SG, Lee JS, Kim ST, Song YH. Association between Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Different Age Groups of Adolescents: An Analysis of Data from the Korean National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey. Children. 2023; 10(5):827. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10050827

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Lee, Joowon, Seul Gi Cha, Jue Seong Lee, Susan Taejung Kim, and Young Hwan Song. 2023. "Association between Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Different Age Groups of Adolescents: An Analysis of Data from the Korean National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey" Children 10, no. 5: 827. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10050827

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Lee, J., Cha, S. G., Lee, J. S., Kim, S. T., & Song, Y. H. (2023). Association between Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Different Age Groups of Adolescents: An Analysis of Data from the Korean National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey. Children, 10(5), 827. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10050827

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