ABSTRACT
Objective@#To analyze the differences of cardiovascular(CV) risk factors between middle school students with normal weight but high body fat and students with normal weight and normal body fat in urban area of Yinchuan,to provide a theoretical basis for early detection of their invisible obesity and controlling CV metabolism disease.@*Methods@#During 2017 to 2018, a total of 1 043 secondary school students in urban area of Yinchuan were selected through cluster sampling. Questionnaire survey, physical examination, body composition and blood lipid test were conducted among all the participants.745 middle school students with normal body mass index (BMI) were included in the analysis.@*Results@#Nearly 31.1% students with normal BMI had high body fat, with girls significantly higher than that in boys across different age groups(χ2=10.37，106.49，P<0.01). Total cholesterol (TC) in boys with normal-weight obesity was higher than that in the normal group, while diastolic blood pressure (DBP), triglyceride (TG), TC and lowdensity lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in girls with normal-weight obesity were significantly higher than that in the normal group, with statistically significant differences (t=-2.37，-3.82，-3.48，-4.46，-4.68，P<0.01). The detection rates of high blood pressure, high TC level and high LDL-C level in normalweight obese girls were all higher than those in normal group (χ2=4.17，8.77，5.91，P<0.05). The detection rate of CV risk factors ≥2 in normal-weight obesity group was higher than that in the normal group, and the difference was statistically significant(χ2=7.05，P<0.01).@*Conclusion@#Normal-weight obesity among middle school students in urban area of Yinchuan is prevalent, which is mainly concentrated in female students. Moreover, cardiovascular risk factors are more common among those normal-weight obese students compared with normal students. Interventions for preventing and controlling normal-weight obesity should be developed and implemented as early as possible.