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Gac. méd. Méx ; 141(3): 243-246, may.-jun. 2005. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-632116

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Los objetivos generales de este estudio descriptivo en núcleos familiares fueron: 1) conocer la distribución del estado nutricio de los progenitores con respecto al estado nutricio de sus descendientes y 2) conocer los progenitores que tienen una frecuencia mayor de descendientes con riesgo de sobrepeso (RS) y sobrepeso (S). Se determinó en una muestra de 126 núcleos familiares el índice de masa corporal (IMC) de los progenitores (kappa = 0.95) y descendientes (kappa = 0.97). De todos los progenitores se conocía el lugar de nacimiento de sus cuatro abuelos. Se encontró una amplia variabilidad en el estado nutricio a partir del IMC de los 252 progenitores (Normal-Normal, Normal Obeso, etc.) y sus 300 descendientes (Desnutrido, Normal, RS y S). Se encontró un menor número de descendientes con RS y S (7.7%) en los progenitores con un estado nutricio Normal Normal (grupo de referencia) en comparación con los descendientes de progenitores con Sobrepeso Sobrepeso (22%) y Sobrepeso-Obesidad (35%). El hecho de haber encontrado que los núcleos familiares cuyos progenitores con Sobrepeso Sobrepeso y Sobrepeso Obeso tienen mayor proporción de descendientes con RS y S, nos facilitará en futuros estudios la búsqueda de genes de susceptibilidad para la obesidad en núcleos familiares Mexicanos.


The aims of this descriptive study in nuclear families were: 1) assess the distribution of nutritional stage of parents with respect to the nutritional stage of their children and 2) analyze those parents with the highest frequency of children at risk of being overweight (RS) and overweight (S). Body mass index (BMI) was determined in a sample of 126 nuclear families. Kappa values for parents and children were 0.95 and 0.97, respectively. For parents, birthplace of four grandparents was known. A wide variability in the nutritional stage (assessed by BMI) of the 252 parents (Normal-Normal, Normal Obese, etc.) and their 300 children (Undernourished, Normal, RS and S) was found. A minimum number of children with RS and S (7.7%) was found among parents with Normal Normal nutritional stage (reference group) in comparison with children whose parents were Overweight-Overweight (22%) and Overweight Obese (35%). Since we found in parents Overweight-Overweight and Overweight Obese a greater proportion of children with RS and S, this finding will facilitate the search for susceptibility genes for obesity in Mexican nuclear families with these characteristics.


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Adolescent , Adult , Child , Child, Preschool , Humans , Middle Aged , Obesity/epidemiology , Obesity/genetics , Cross-Sectional Studies , Mexico/epidemiology , Nuclear Family
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