ArticlePediatric obesity2022
Visceral fat and arterial stiffness in youth with healthy weight, obesity, and type 2 diabetes.
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- Sex-specific difference in the relationship between body fat percentage and arterial stiffness: Results from Fuzhou study.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2023Article
- Effect of obesity status on adolescent bone mineral density and saturation effect: A cross-sectional study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Obesity in adolescents associated with vascular aging - a study using ultra-high-resolution ultrasound.Upsala journal of medical sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesVisceral fat is associated with increased cardiovascular risk in adults, but studies in youth are limited. We assessed associations between visceral fat and arterial stiffness in youth with healthy weight, obesity and type 2 diabetes and determined whether relationships were independent of clinical estimates of body fatness.
methodsThis cross-sectional sample included youth ages 10-23 years (67% female, 56% non-black) with healthy weight (body mass index [BMI] = 5th-85th percentile, n = 236), obesity (BMI ≥ 95th percentile, n = 224) and type 2 diabetes (BMI ≥ 95th percentile, n = 145). Visceral fat was assessed via dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV) was assessed via applanation tonometry. Obesity and type 2 diabetes groups were combined for final analyses. Analyses accounted for age, sex, ancestry and mean arterial pressure.
resultsVisceral fat and PWV were greater in youth with obesity versus healthy weight (p < 0.001). In youth with obesity, but not healthy weight, visceral fat was positively associated with PWV (p < 0.001) and was predictive of PWV beyond BMI and waist circumference.
conclusionsVisceral fat likely contributes to subclinical cardiovascular complications in youth. Since cardiovascular health tracks from adolescence to adulthood, longitudinal studies in youth with obesity are required to define the role of visceral fat in lifelong cardiovascular disease risk.
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